17. PAROQUET AUKLET. Phaleris psittacula. 



Range. The Alaskan Coast, casually farther 

 south in winter. 



This bird is about the same size as the preced- 

 ing, and the plumage is similar, except that it 

 has no white spot over the eye, and the breast is 

 white. It also has a slender plume extending 

 from back of the eye. The bill is very peculiar, 

 being quite deep and rounded and having an up- 

 ward tendency. It is orange red in color. They 



DIVING BIRDS 



Crested Auklet 



White 



breed very commonly on the islands of Bering 

 Strait. Their eggs are laid in the crevices of the 

 cliff, often several feet in and by a crooked path 

 so that it is impossible to reach them. The sin- 

 gle chalky white egg is laid in May. Size 2.30 x 

 1.45. Data. Rocky Islet in the Aleutians, June 

 22, 1890, Single egg laid on bare rock in a deep Paroquet Auklet 

 crevice. Collector, Capt. S. Wilson. 



18. CRESTED AUKLET. Aethia cristatella. 



Range. Alaska Coast, Similar in form and plumage to the latter, except 

 that the whole under parts are gray and it has a crest of recurved feathers. 

 The nesting season begins in May, the birds nesting upon the same islands 

 and in the same kinds of sites as the last species. The single egg is chalky 

 white. Size 2.10x1.50. Data. Unak Is., Alaska, July 1, 1900. Egg laid in a 

 crevice among the rocks. Collector, F. Weston. 



19- WHISKERED AUKLET. Aethia pygmaea. 



Range. The Alaska Coast. 



Much smaller than the preceding; but 7.5 in. in length. Breast gray, belly 

 white; a small tuft of recurved feathers on the forehead and slender white 

 plumes from base of bill over the eye and from under the eye, backwards. The 

 bill in summer is a bright vermillion color. On some of the islands of the 

 Aleutian chain they breed quite abundantly. The nests are placed back in 

 the crevices of the rocks, where the single white eggs are laid. Size 2.00 x 1.25. 



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