NATURAL HISTORY. 



Sub-family d. Urince. 

 URIA. (Gr. Ovpta.) 



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Troile, the 



The COMMON GUILLEMOT makes its appearance on our coasts 

 in the beginning of spring, and inhabits the cliffs overhanging 

 the sea. Each female deposits cue egg on a naked ledge of 

 rock, and sits upon it with great perseverance, even suffering 

 itself to be taken by hand. The egg is usually a pale green, 

 streaked and blotched with brown, bat is very variable both 

 in colour and markings. The length of the bird is fifteen 

 inches. 



THE FULMAR PETREL. 



The FULMAR PETREL is an inhabitant of the Arctic circle, but 

 breeds abundantly in St. Kilda and the Orkneys. The inhabit- 

 ants of those islands consider the Fulmar as one of their princi- 

 pal means of subsistence. It lays one white egg, large and brit- 

 tle, which is imbued with the peculiar oily odour that charac- 

 terises the bird. The food of the Fulmar consists of the flesh 



