NESTS AND EGGS OF 



17. PAROQUET AUKLET, FEMALE ADULT, SUMMER. 



Like a number of other species, the Paroquet Anklet has a strong preference for 

 deep water and the islands situated in it. "It feeds at sea, flying out every morning, 

 returning in the afternoon to its nest and mate." The bird is known also by the 

 name of Pug-nosed Auk. It is distributed irregularly throughout the Northern 

 Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, being quite common on the Prybilof and Aleutian 

 Islands in the breeding season, which begins about the middle of May. During the 



e of the Corwin in 1881 Mr. Nelson found the Paroquet Anklet breeding in ex- 



abundance on the islands in Bering Strait, and great bunches of them were 



brought on board by the Eskimo. Large numbers of eggs were easily secured. For 



sting place this Auk selects a deep crevice in the face of some cliff; the cavity 

 is often winding, and it is sometimes exceedingly difficult to obtain the eggs. Even 



lands where hundreds of these birds are found breeding some of the cavities 



cannot be opened, except by the means of dynamite or blasting powder, which, if 



would destroy the eggs. A single egg is deposited on the bare surface of the 



ies; it is generally an oblong-oval shape with rounded ends, chalk-white or 

 bluish in color, and the shell rough. The average size is 2.12x1.46. Eggs taken on 

 the Seal Islands by Elliott measured from 2.25x1.50 to 2.35x1.45. 



18. CRESTED AUKLET. X//Hjor/////r//M.v rrixlnMliix (Pall.) Geog. Dist. 

 Coasts and islands of the North Pacific, from Kadiak and Japan northward. 



ted or Snub-nosed Auk, like the last, inhabits the coasts and islands 

 of the north Pacific. On the islands of Bering Sea its breeding season extends from 



May to August. This little bird has 

 a beautiful crest on the foreli 

 twelve to twenty feathers; it is about 

 two inches long, and curls gracefully 

 forward upon the lull. Its nesting 

 habits are li! of the r. 



jisittfi'-tilii "This 



strangely ornamented bird has a 

 almost identical with that of 

 the ; :id I do not 



in which 

 ,: was seen 



In any numbers where the present VMS not found. A few \\. <d in 



the passes near Unalaska in May. and the 1.>th of June 

 off the Seal Islands. This bird breeds plentifully on i! 



also breed on the Commander Islands." He furth- that 



in Bering Strait and about Saint Lawrence and Saint Matthew's Islands this 

 species and c. iisittm-nlus are found in equal abundance. They choose the same 



