CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 1 5", 



Family III. A.LCID.ffi. Auks, Murres, Puffins. 

 V. LUNDA Pallas. 1826. 

 -12. Tufted Puffin. 



Lunda cirrhata (Pall.) 1826. 



This species is tolerably common along the coasts of Vancouver 

 Island and the mainland of British Columbia ; breeds in the Gulf 

 of Georgia. {Fanning It is a common species along the whole 

 coast of British Columbia and Alaska and breeds in suitable loca- 

 lities for nearly the whole distance. Turner says it is particularly 

 abundant on the Aleutian Islands and the whole Alaskan coast. 

 Breeds amongst rocks and lays only a single egg. The nest 

 usually on damp earth at the bottom of a crevice in the rock.. 

 (Nelson.) Common on the Prybiloff Islands. (/. M. Macoun.) 



BREEDING HABITS. 



This bird has the same habits as the Horned Puffin, and arrives 

 about the same time. It lays a single large white tgg of a round- 

 ed oval shape. (Elliott.) 



The nesting habits of this Puffin resemble those of the Horned 

 Puffin. My own observations show that the former prefers the 

 cliffs and edges of bluffs overgrown with grass which has made 

 an accumulation of soil on the tops and edges of some bluffs to 

 a depth of several feet. This soil is a perfect network of holes 

 and burrows of these birds. The nest is usually the bare earth, 

 whereon a single Ggg is laid. The young take to the water before 

 they are able to fly. The parent assists the young to the water. 

 (Nelson.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



We have three specimens of this species two males and, 

 one female^coUected by Mr. J. M. Macoun, in September, 1896,. 

 on St. Paul Island, Behring Sea. 



Of eggs we have three also — two collected on St. Paul Island 

 in 1897 by Mr. J. M. Macoun ; and another collected on Queen 

 Charlotte Sound, B. C, 28th June, 1890. The latter specimen, 

 received from Mr. Raine, Toronto. 



