M TURKS, AND PUPPlNa ;:', 



similar in character. . . . < ..n-.deralile force is exercised in diving, 

 ami tin' wings are used fur pn.pulM.m under water" i San riders). 



31. UrUb lomvi* (Linn.). HKTXXK -n's MIHKK. Ad. I'M lummtr. 

 Upper parta, wing, mid tail sooty black, fureneck somewhat hn>wner; ti|* ol 

 awoodariw, breast, anil belly white; base of tho UJ|MT mandible grecnih, 

 r-'un.led <>utwar<l !%. -n.l the edge of the lower mandible. L., 16-50; W n 

 8-40; Tar., 1-50; B., 1-25; depth of B. at nostril, -47. 



Remark*. AdultK are to be distinguished from adults of ['. troilt by the 

 darker color of the head, which iu lomeia is darker than tho throat, by the 

 alxeof the bill and thii-ki-niin: <>t it* i-uttinir edge at the base. Winter and 

 iiniuature bird* can be distinguished from those of f. trU, only by the aixe 

 of the bill, which, an the measurements nhow, in longer in that sjMJciea. 



h'anyt. " Coasts and inlands of tho North Atlantic and eastern Arctic 

 Ocean* " (A. O. U.). Broods from the Magdalen Island* northward ; in win- 

 ter migrates as far south as New Jersey. 



Long Island, irregular W. V. Sing Sing, A. V. 



fftttt in communities, side by side on the bare ledges of rocky cliffs, fjyy, 

 one, not distinguishable, from thut of ('. troiU. 



" During tho winter it lives on the open sea, and in the breeding 

 season assembles in large flocks on bold cliffs and rocky headlands. 

 It is an expert diver, using wings and feet to get under water and to 

 swim through it" (Chamberlain). 



32. Alea torda. Linn. KAZOR-BILLED Am; TINKER. Ad. in tvm- 

 nur. Upper parts, wings, and tail sooty black; forcneck somewhat brown.-r; 

 tips of the secondaries, a lino from the eye to tho bill, breast, and belly white ; 

 bill black, crossed by a white band. Ad. in winter. Similar to ad. in tin- 

 summer, but with the sides and front of the neck white. ///*. Similar to ad. 

 in winter, but with the bill smaller and without the white bar. L., 16-50; 

 W.,7'90; Tar., 1-36; B., 1 -:>. 



Ka*y. Coasts and islands of the North Atlantic " (A. O. I*.). Breeds 

 from the Magdalen Islands northward ; in winter migrates southward regu- 

 Ijirly to Long Mand and rarely to Virginia and North Carolina. 



Long Island, irregular W. V. 



Nat, in the crevices and fissures of cliffs and rocky places. F.ggi, one to 

 two, pale bluish white or huffy, thickly s]>otted and speckled with chocolate 

 markings most numerous and sometimes confluent at the larger end, 3-00 x 1-90. 



"When bpHMlinjj. it crouches along, not across, the egg, its mate 

 often Banding near; and both sexes incubate, though the male may 

 be seen bringing food to the sitting female. . . . The young flutter 

 from the rocks t<> the sea, or are taken by the ne<-k and carried down 

 by the parents. They are at fir-t very loath to follow the old bird in 

 diving, and remain crying plaintively on the surface of the water. 

 The fo,.d consists of Mimll fl-h. which are carried diagonally in the bill 

 not at right angles, as by the Puffin and crustaceans. The Razor- 



