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WyiTER BIRDS 



Winter Plumage : Throat white ; upper parts uniform dark gray ; uuder 



parts white. 

 Downy Young : Above, 3oft dark gray ; lower parts and throat white. 

 Geographical Distribution : Coasts of the Northern Pacific from Monte- 

 rey northward to arctic circle. 

 Breeding Range : From Sitka northward. 

 Breeding Season: June and July. 

 Nest: Unlined, in holes in a bank or shallow burrow. 

 Eggs: 2; deep buff, with fine markings of light pul'plish brown. 

 Size 2.32 X 1.47. 



In " California Water Birds," No. II., Mr. Leverett 

 M. Loomis says concerning tiie occurrence of the Ancient 

 Murrelet at Monterey in. 



midwinter: "About , >"''Vi»fc/ /s^'"^-'^ ■^-^f"''-' 

 five hundred yards ^— ""vl r^^-=^ #r ^^^*- 



from the surf a belt 

 of drift kelp extend- 

 ing from Seaside 

 Laboratory 

 around Point 

 Pinos (Pacific 

 Grove, Cal.) 

 had gained an 

 anchorage. 

 Thenar- ^ .^ 



21. Ancient 

 muurelet. 



white-cap developed near them, 

 would always escape it by diving.^^ 



' row strip between this and the 

 beach was the favorite resort of 

 .^.^^Ancient Murrelets. A good many were 

 ,S-^^ ^ also found near the surf in the little coves in 

 — ^ the direction of Monterey, and some were seen 

 several miles out from the land. They were great 



