Briinnich's Guillemot 



BRUNNICH'S GUILLEMOT 



Uria bruennichi, E. Sabine 



This species breeds in the north of Iceland, Greenland, 

 Spitzbergen, and on suitable cliffs throughout the Far North. 

 Some three or four examples only have been taken off our 

 shores. 



In habits and appearance it very closely resembles the 

 preceding species, but it may be recognised by the general 

 colour being much darker and lacking the brownish tint 

 of the common species. The bill is stouter and black with 

 a whitish line along the upper mandible from the nostrils 

 to the gape. Length 18 in. ; wing 8*25 in. 



THE BLACK GUILLEMOT 



Uria grylle (Linnaeus) 



In England this species is rare even in winter, but in 

 Scotland and Ireland it is fairly common, and breeds in 

 suitable spots round all the coasts. 



The Black Guillemot differs in many respects from the 

 other Auks and it is never found in vast colonies, though 

 several pairs will often breed in close proximity. Some 

 hole or recess in a cliff or among broken rocks on a steep 

 slope is chosen and two eggs are deposited, which are 

 whitish spotted with grey and brown and elliptical in shape. 



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