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imbibing the least moisture, and are more lasting than conld be 

 imagined. These birds build their nests at the edge of small islands 

 or margins of lakes or ponds ; they lay only two eggs, and it is very 

 common to find only one pair and their young in one sheet of water; 

 a great proof of their averison to society. Found throughout the 

 Province; an abundant resident. 



Black-throated Loon (Gavia arcticus, Linn). 

 Taken at Burrard Inlet. 



Pacific Loon {Gavia paciftcus, Lawr). 



Taken at Coniox, Chilliwhack and Victoria, 

 toria. 



Red-throated Loon (Gavia lumme, Gunn) . 



Taken at Esquimalt Harbour, West Coast of Vancouver Island 

 and Chilliwhack. 



Family ALCIDiE. Auks, Murres, and Puffins. 



Lunda. (Pallas). 



Tufted Puffin {Lunda cirrhata, Pall). 



Common along the coast of Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte 

 Islands and Mainland, and on Bare Island, near Sidney, B.C. 

 Breeds throughout its range. 



Fratercula ( Brisson ) . 

 Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata, Naum). 

 Rare at Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands. 



Cerorhinca. (Bonaparte). 



* Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata, Pall). 



Coast of Vancouver Island and Mainland. Breeds on Islands, 

 in Gulf of Georgia. 



Ptychoramphus. (Brandt.) 

 *Cassin's Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus, Pall). 



Entire coast line of the Province and West Coast of Vancouver 

 Island. 



