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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, 



Razorbill. — Upper parts black, under white ; on the bill, 

 which is feathered laterally, is a white line, and another 

 reaches to the eye ; there is also a white line across the 

 wings, formed by the eilges of the wing coverts. It is 

 purely a marine species, only frequenting land for breeding 

 places, where it lays one egg, the prevailing tint of 

 which is white spotted with brown. Length, 1 feet 5^ 

 inches. 



Guillemot. — Bill dark horn, cylindrical, long and 

 pointed. Plumage blackish brown with purple reflections 



in parts, above, under 

 surface white ; broad 

 white line crosses wing; 

 Length, 1 foot 5 or 6 

 inches. One egg onl}' is 

 laitl by each bird ; it is 

 very large in proportion, 

 and no two are fi)und 

 alike. 



Puffin. — This bird 

 has a large head and an 

 immense bill, much com- 

 pressed laterally, and 

 coloured in a remark- 

 able manner; the tip is 

 f)range, then come three 

 parallel blue lines on a 

 yellow ground, then a 

 broad triangular blue patch and a yellow line ; round the 

 corners of the mouth is a yellow corrugated membrane, 

 and the top of the upper mandible is reddish orange. 

 The back of the neck, top of the head, back and wings are 

 black ; the face is white in the centre, shading to light 

 blue grey back and front; a black ring goes round the 



Fig. 4a.— 7'Ae Puffin. 



