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PUFFIN. 



SEA PARROT. 

 Fratercula ARCTICA. 



Char. Upper parts black or dusky, a band of same across the neck ; 

 cheeks and under parts white. Length about 12 inches. 



Nest. In a crevice pfa cliff or in a burrow. 



Egg. i; dull white, marked with pale brown and lilac; average size 

 2.40 X 1.70. 



The Puffin is a general inhabitant of the cold and inclement 

 regions of the whole northern hemisphere. On the coasts of 

 northern Europe it is met with to the Icy Sea. It is found 

 in Iceland, Greenland, Spitzbergen, and the Faroe Isles ; 

 on the coast of Kamtschatka and the Kuriles it is also 

 common. In the temperate climates of Great Britain, as well 

 as in the Shetland and Orkney Isles, it likewise breeds in 

 large communities, as at the Fame Isles, off the goa^t of 



