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Range (Breeds in North America)

Breeds in North America from the Bay of Fundy (Grand Menan) northward, and migrates southward regularly to Cape Cod, and rarely to Connecticut and Long Island; accidental in Pennsylvania. Long Island, A. V. in winter.

Nest, in the crevices and fissures of cliffs and rocky places. Eggs, two to three, dull white, sometimes with a greenish tinge, more or less heavily spotted with clear and obscure dark chocolate markings, more numerous and sometimes confluent at the larger end. 2.18 x 1.40. "They were wary and alert, but allowed me to paddle within easy shooting distance without displaying much alarm. When they finally concluded I was an unsafe neighbor, they lost no time in getting out of sight, diving with surprising suddenness. They usually swam a AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS. long distance under water with great rapidity, using their wings as well as their feet, and coming to the surface far beyond gunshot range. "The Sea Pigeons are met usually in small flocks of half a dozen or more, and generally feed in the open sea at the base of bold cliffs. When on the wing they proceed rapidly and in a straight line, and rarely more than a few feet from the surface of the water. On approaching their nesting-site they rise rather abruptly, and fly directly to their nests" (Chamberlain). 28. Cepphus mandtii (Licht.). MANDT'S GUILLEMOт. - Resembles the preceding, but the bases of the greater wing-coverts are white instead of black.

Range." Arctic regions of both continents" (A. O. U.); in America breeding from Labrador and Hudson Bay northward, migrating southward as far as Massachusetts.

Nest, in crevices and fissures of cliffs and rocky places. Eggs, two to three, not distinguishable from those of C. grylle, 2·34 x 1.15. A more northern species than the preceding, which it doubtless resembles in habits. 30. Uria troile (Linn.). MURRE. Ad. in summer.-Upper parts, wings, tail, and neck all around, dark sooty brown, blacker on the back, wings, and tail; tips of secondaries, breast, and belly white, the sides more or less streaked with blackish. Ad. in winter and Im.- Upper parts, wings, and tail much as in summer; under parts white, the throat more or less washed with sooty brown, the flanks sometimes streaked with brownish, and the feathers of the belly more or less lightly margined with blackish. L., 16.00; W., 8.00; Tar., 1.40; B., 1.75; depth of B. at nostril, 50.