OCEAN BIRDS. 



149 



No. 151. 



Family: Alcidse. 



BRiJNNICH'S MURRE. 



Genus: Uria. 

 Species: U. lomvia. 

 Distributio7i: 



An irregular but common winter visitor along the coast. 



Date of Arrival: November. 

 Date of Departure: March. 

 General Plumage: 



In summer, upper parts black, wings wliite marked; under 



parts white. In winter and immature, browner. Bill black, 



feet blackish yellow. Length about 16.50. 

 Song and Other Notes: 



A ^'rasping sound not unlike the filing of a saw," they are 



said to utter. 

 Haunts: 



A bird of the ocean, breeding on cliffs. 



