CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 15 
BreEEDING Hasrts.—The nesting habits of this puffin resemble 
those of the horned puffin. My own observations show that the 
former prefers the cliffs and edges of bluffs overgrown with grass 
which has made an accumulation of soil on the tops and edges of 
some bluffs to a depth of several feet. This soil is a perfect net- 
work of holes and burrows of these birds. The nest is usually 
the bare earth, whereon a single egg is laid. The young take to 
the water before they are able to’ fly: The parent assists the 
young to the water. (lelson.) A moderate sized breeding 
colony was found on an islet in Houston Stewart channel, Queen 
Charlotte islands, B.C. (Osgood.) Swarming by thousands and 
breeding on St. Lazaria island, Sitka, Alaska. Every grassy 
bank on the sides of the island was riddled with ‘their burrows. 
On June 17th these burrows contained fresh eggs and on July 7th 
the eggs contained large embryos. (Grinnedl.) 
In most cases, perhaps, the single egg is laid on the bare rock 
but I found a nest on Walrus island on Aug. 7th which contained 
a single incubated egg. This nest was placed between boulders, 
was open to the sky and was made of dry sea-weeds and sea-ferns. 
It was quite large, about fifteen inches in diameter, scanty in 
material, and was practically bare in the centre. ( Palmer.) 
VI. FRATERCULA | Brisson. 1760. 
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Fratercula arctica (LINN.) SCHAFF. 1789. 
This species breeds from the Bay of Fundy northward to the 
islands in Disco bay, Greenland. It is not recorded from Hudson 
bay. 
Found breeding in numbers at Bryon island, one of the Mag- 
dalen islands ; in large numbers on Bird rocks; also at Wreck 
bay, Anticosti, and on Parroquet island, hear Mingan harbour. 
(Lrewster.) Resident, found breeding at Seal island, Yarmouth 
cox, Ni; wune; 1900: (A. Fo) 77s.) || Common, onGreenland 
coast up to Lat. 70° at least ; breeds plentifully on the Hunde and 
Green islands, Disco bay. (Kumelin.) A young bird of this 
species was shot on the Ottawa river towards the end of October, 
1881. (Ottawa Naturlisi, Vol. V.) 
