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gtide or godde ^ of the Acadians — and the black 

 guillemot, or sea-pigeon. Both of these birds 

 lay their eggs in deep crevices between rocks, 

 places where the eggs and young are fairly safe. 

 Gulls and eiders, which formerly abounded 

 here and laid their eggs where all could see 

 them, had but few representatives left, while 

 murres with their confiding ways were nowhere 

 to be seen. 



Razor-billed auks are amusing birds to 

 watch. Like penguins they sit bolt upright 

 on the rocks that have been changed in color 

 from red to white by their droppings. Occa- 

 sionally we saw solemn lines of them on the 

 ledges, and again a group of twenty together, 

 many facing each other as if they were hav- 

 ing a discussion. When disturbed they flew 

 about the rocks like flies and later gathered in 

 crowded groups on the water. I counted fifty 

 in a space perhaps fifteen feet long and three 

 feet wide swimming with their rather long 

 tails cocked up behind. This long tail and 

 the bill shaped like a Roman nose are good 



' Jacques Cartier used the word godez, which is perhaps 

 the same word, when he referred to these birds and to murres. 

 He also used the word loup-marin for seals, while the modern 

 French is phogue or veau marin. 



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