AUKS, MURRES AND PUFFINS—Family Alcidae. 
TUFTED PUFFIN; SEA PARROT. 
12. Lunda cirrhata. 13 inches. 
This is the largest of the family, they are odd looking birds, 
with short legs, stout bodies and very large, thin bills, highly 
colored with red and yellow, the feet are red and the eyes are 
white. They stand erect upon their feet and walk with ease. 
Nest. —They breed commonly on the islands of the Pacific 
coast, laying their single white egg in burrows or crevices of 
the rocks. In some sections two or three broods are raised 
in a season (2.80 x 1.90). 
Range. —Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska. 
HORNED PUFFIN. 
14. Fratercula corniculata. 11 inches. 
This Puffin is similar to the common Puffin of the east, 
excepting that the blackish band across the throat extends 
upwards in a point to the bill. 
Nest. —The same as the above, the single egg averaging 
smaller (2.65 x 1.80). 
Range. —Islands of the northern Pacific to the Arctic ocean. 
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