BRUNNICH'S MURRE. 



THICK-BILLED GUILLEMOT. FOOLISH GUILLEMOT. 

 PENGUIN. 



Uria LOMVIA. 



Char. Upper parts sooty black, deeper on head and nape ; sides of 

 head and neck, chin, and throat brown ; wing with small patch of white ; 

 bill short and thick, and of black color. Length about i8 inches ; female 

 somewhat smaller. In winter the throat becomes white. Young birds 

 are similar to the adult in winter plumage. 



Nest. On the bare rocks of an ocean cliff. 



Egg. I ; very variable in color, markings, and size ; average about 

 3.15 X 2.05. 



This is the Common Guillemot of our shores, and is rather abun- 

 dant in some localities, breeding from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to 

 the Frozen Ocean, and wintering from south Greenland to New 

 Jersey. Some European naturalists consider this bird a variety 

 of U. troile, and not entitled to specific rank ; but the " American 



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