Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

PAROQUET AUKLET.

17. Phaleris psittacula. 10 inches.

This bird is much like [Cassin Auklet], but lacking the white spot over the eye and having a white breast. The bill is very peculiar, being quite deep and rounded and having an upward tendency. It is orange red in color.

Range.—The Alaskan coast, usually farther south in winter. Nesting in the Aleutian Islands, a single white egg is laid (2.25 × 1.40).

WHISKERED AUKLET.

19. Æthia pygmæa. 7½ inches.

Breeds quite abundantly on some of the Aleutian Islands. The single white egg is laid in burrows or crevices of the rocks (2.00 × 1.25).

CRESTED AUKLET.

18. Æthia cristatella. 8 to 9 inches.