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WATER BIRDS 



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

 pai'ts white. 



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



Geographical. Distrihniion : 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. 



Egys: 2; deep buff, with fine markings of light putplish brown. 

 Size 2.32 X 1.47. 



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

 M. Loomis says concerning the occurrence of the Ancient 

 Miirrelet at Monterey in 

 midwinter: "About , 

 five hundred yards ~" 

 from the surf a belt 

 of drift kelp extend- 

 ing from Seaside 

 Laboratory C 

 around Point 

 Pinos (Pacific 

 Grove, Cal.) 

 had gained an 

 anchorage. 

 Thenar- t 



* If a whUe-cap developed near them, 

 they would always escape it hy diving " 



'' row strip between this and the 



beach was the favorite resort of 



"^Ancient Murrelets. A good many were 



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 



