360 FEATHERED GAME 
are made during the winter months, the breed- 
ing and summer seasons being spent in the 
far north. 
Their nests are made upon the ground and 
on the shore of some fresh water pond near the 
sea. These contain from four to seven grayish 
eggs. As soon as the youngsters are fairly well 
grown and able to take care of themselves they 
are taken out into the wide world of the ocean. 
For their food the sea furnishes an unfailing 
supply of marine animals and mollusks, which, 
however, makes their flesh very dark and to 
most palates very unpleasant. They are very 
fond of the ‘‘sand fleas’’ and marine creatures 
of the seaweed and beaches. 
They leave our coasts for the breeding 
grounds, on the shores of the Arctic seas and 
among its islands, during the latter half of 
April or the first of May, to return again, 
southward bound, in October or November, ac- 
cording to the season, remaining in our waters 
all winter. 
Because their flight is very swift and they 
decoy well great numbers of Squaws are killed 
each year by the gunners who shoot them mere- 
