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SHROSBREE, COLLECTING ON BONAVENTURE ISLAND 



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rapidly as possible, and the Puffin acted as if it wanted to show itself 

 at its best, so I got behind Dr. Richardson, handing him the loaded cut 

 film holders and taking the exposed ones from him as fast as he exposed 

 them — I think I handed him nine or ten holders during that "session" 

 with the Puffin. Sometimes the Puffin seemed to get tired of "posing" 

 and would fly away. Then perhaps it would return with a fish (a 

 small Shiner) in its bill, always holding it by the head with the body 

 hanging down. It was seen and photographed with two fish, holding 

 them both in the same manner. One dav while Mr. Stoddard was 



Fig. 19. — Young Gannet in nest. Bonaventure Island. 



operating the motion picture camera, he caught it with a bunch of them 

 in its bill. The questions will arise in the minds of many Ornithologists 

 familiar with the Puffin, "How does he do it? How can a bird with 

 such a short stubby bill catch several fish at a time, not swallowing 

 them at the moment as most sea birds do, but flying four hundred feet 

 up to the ledges w^th them?" 



The Guillemots did not seem to mix very much in the large colony, 

 although a few were seen there occasionally. They make up small 

 nesting colonies at any suitable place, anywhere around the island. 



