Family 

 PUFFIN; SEA PARROT. 



13. Fratercula arctica arctica. 13 in. 



Bill very deep and compressed; yellow and 

 red. Plumage black and white. In summer 

 with band across breast; in winter without. 



Note. A low croaking. 



Nest. Single white egg in burrow or cav- 

 ity among rocks. 



Range. Coast from Me. to Ungava. Win- 

 ters south to Mass. Large-billed Puffin (F. 

 a.naumannl) occurs farther north. 

 BLACK GUILLEMOT. 

 27. Cepphus grylle. 13 in. 



In summer black, with a dull green lustre. 

 Shoulders and under wings white. In win- 

 ter mottled gray and white. 



Note. Shrill squealing whistles. 



Nest. Two grayish-white eggs, blotched 

 with brown, in crevices among the rocks. 



Range. Breeds along coast from Me. to 

 Greenland. Winters south to Cape Cod. 



