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Title: Birds and nature in natural colors.
Year: 1913 (1910s)
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Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Chicago : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
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St. George Island, one of the Pribylov group,affirmed that the flying males of this species at certain hours of the day forma dark girdle of birds more than a quarter of a mile broad and thirty mileslong, whirling round and round the island. In the winter of 96-7 a driving storm from the Labrador coast caughtup a considerable number of these multitudinous sea-fowl and swept them farinland. When the storm had spent its fury the Murres were found promiscu-ously stranded in the lakes and water-ways, or wandering about dazed and help-less in the fields of Ohio, Indiana, and neighboring states. Many specimenswere taken by the hand and others shot at scattered localities; and the villageoracles were often sorely put to it to tell what this strange fowl might be. Thefirst published record for Ohio was of the one taken by Rev. J. M. Keck, ofMentor, on December 19, 1896. A score of others have since come to light,all taken at about the same time or a few days later. This memorable inunda- 694
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tion by Briinnich Murres was general throughout the eastern States and recordswere made as far south as South CaroHna. The Briinnich Murres are birds which have a decidedly northern rangewhich is very limited within the United States, where it is only a winter visitor.Their range is well known and may be given as the coasts and islands of theNorth Atlantic and eastern Arctic Oceans, southward to the lakes of northernNew York and the coast of New Jersey. Their nesting range extends from theGulf of St. Lawrence northward. During the winter season of some years theyhave been observed quite a distance west of their usual range. This memorable inundation by Briinnichs Murres was general throughoutthe eastern states and records were made as far south as South Carolina. Dur-ing the winter, however, the Briinnichs Murres frequent the open sea andkeep quite far from land. They are very expert in the water, and when disturbedby the approach of man they will suddenly dive, and using their wings

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