DIVING BIRDS 
17. Paroquet Auklet . — Phaleris psittacula. 
Range. — The Alaskan Coast, casually farther 
south in winter. 
This bird is about the same size as the preced- 
ing, and the plumage is similar, except that it 
has no white spot over the eye, and the breast is 
white. It also has a slender plume extending 
from back of the eye The bill is very peculiar, 
being quite deep and rounded and having an up- 
ward tendency. It is orange red in color. They 
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breed very commonly on the islands of Bering 
Strait. Their eggs are laid in the crevices of the 
cliff, often several feet in and by a crooked path 
so that it is impossible to reach them. The sin- 
gle chalky white egg is laid in May. Size 2.30 x 
1.45. Data. — Rocky Islet in the Aleutians, June 
22, 1890, Single egg laid on bare rock in a deep 
crevice. Collector, Capt. S. Wilson. 
Paroquet Auklet 
Crested Auklet 
18. Crested Auklet. Aethia crist at ella. 
Range. — Alaska Coast, Similar in form and plumage to the latter, except 
that the whole under parts are gray and it has a crest of recurved feathers. 
The nesting season begins in May, the birds nesting upon the same islands 
and in the same kinds of sites as the last species. The single egg is chalky 
white. Size 2.10 x 1.50. Data. — Unak Is., Alaska, July 1, 1900. Egg laid in a 
crevice among the rocks. Collector, F. Weston. 
19- Whiskered Auklet. Aetliia pygmaea. 
Range.- — The Alaska Coast. 
Much smaller than the preceding; but 7.5 in. in length. Breast gray, belly 
white; a small tuft of recurved feathers on the forehead and slender white 
plumes from base of bill over the eye and from under the eye, backwards. The 
bill in summer is a bright Vermillion color. On some of the islands of the 
Aleutian chain they breed quite abundantly. The nests are placed back in 
the crevices of the rocks, where the single white eggs are laid. Size 2.00 x 1.25. 
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