f,^Vr/ 





I rvijfi 





rilF, (OMMiiN IIK FOOLISH (iUlI.I.EMOT.* 



Tlie birds wliifh builil on llic i'rcsli-wiid'i' clili's nf tlio Isle nl' "Wiii-lit arc priiiclymllv 

 jiutlins, ra/.or-biUs, guilUniots, and conuoraiils. " I'licir luiinbor," sa\s (}ilj)in, " can unly 

 be described by the expression of ikirkening the air. They sit ciiiuindiilN , wlicu tliey are 

 not in motion, on the ledgt's of the cliffs, in the crannicvs of whicli tlicy rear their V(niii"-. 

 You see them ranj^ed in black tiles throufrh a considcraljlc space. The report of a "-iin 

 brings them all mil of I heir recesses ; and the air, which a namicnl before was still and 

 ipiiet, is now beaten with myriads of busy winj^s, and Idled wiih screams and cries as 

 various as the tribes from which they issue." 



The Guillemots are active and rather lively birds, wlii<ii inhaliil the northern seas, 

 procuring their food, consisting of small fishes and crustacea, by diving liom the 

 surface and pursuing it under water, in which they glide with great rapidity by means 

 of their wings. These organs are not large, but, as they are cpiickly moved by strong 

 muscles, tVe birds are able to Hy with great speed. Their feet, however, not being 

 adai)ted to locomotion on land, are scarcely used for tluit purpose, but they enable them 

 to paddle along very expertly on the water. Th(>y form no nests, but deposit their 

 extremely large eggs on the bare s\irface of the rocks ; and thei'o also their youn"- ones 



Uriii 'I'roilt. 



2 Q 



