CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 19 
nesting on cliffs among loose stones, only one egg to each bird. 
(Nelson.) Only observed on two occasions at St. Michael ; in 
considerable numbers at Bristol bay, Alaska; and among the 
Aleutian islands extremely abundant. (7Zurner.) Found in num- 
bers on the Pribilof islands. (/. AZ. Macoun.) 
BREEDING Hasits.—This bird makes its appearance early in 
May and repairs to chinks and holes in the rocky cliffs, or deep 
down below rough basaltic shingle or a large boulder, to deposit 
its egg, upon the bare earth or rock. Its egg is pure white and 
rather rough with frequent discolorations. (4/ho/t.) 
19. Whiskered Auklet. 
Simorhynchus pygme@us (GMEL.) BRANDT. 1869. 
Coasts and islands of the North Pacific from Unalaska through 
the lenuan wean) to Kamchatka. (AO. (0. fasz.) , Breeds 
abundantly on the Nearer and Commander islands. (JVe/son.) 
Breeding on Atka island, 1879. (Zurner.) 
20. Least Auklet 
Simorhynchus pusillus (PALL.) COUES. 1862. 
Coasts and islands of the North Pacific, from Sitka and Japan 
northward. (A. O. U. List.) The most abundant water-fowl in 
Bering sea. Breeding in immense numbers on the Aleutian 
islands. It lays a single white egg under loose boulders in a 
crevice on the cliff. (Ve/son.) Common along the whole chain 
of Aleutian islands and as far east as Kadiak ; abundant on St. 
George island in Bering sea. (7urner.) One specimen taken 
at Point Barrow, Alaska. (MWcllhenny.) 
BREEDING Notes.—They breed in greatest numbers on about 
five miles square of basaltic shingle on St. George island. They 
make no nest, but lay a single egg far down below. amongst the 
lo®se rocks. The pure white egg is exceedingly variable in size 
and shape, usually oblong-oval with the smaller end pointed. 
(Elhott.) A very full description of this bird and its habits is 
given by Palmer in his “ Birds of the Pribilof Islands.” 
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