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Uria lomvia—The Foolish Guillemot. 
This species is seventeen inches in length. 
The head, neck, back, wings, and tail, are of a 
slate color; the breast and abdomen, white. 
This bird is very common on the coast of New 
Brunswick, where they occasionally breed. 
Uria Brunswicki.—tLarge-billed Guillemot. 
This Guillemot frequents the coast of New 
Brunswick. Color, above, grayish-black ; abdo- 
men and edges of the wings, white; bill, black ; 
feet, dusky ; eggs, three, bluish-green, laid in 
the sand. 
Uria ringvia—The Murre. 
The Murre is the same size as the preceding ; 
upper parts, dark brown, with a tinge of ash; 
under parts, white. Frequents the coast of Nova 
Scotia and New Brunswick. 
Mergulus alle-—TYhe Arctic Sea Dove. 
This species is only eight inches in length. 
Color, brownish-black, above ; white, beneath. 
This bird is a winter visitor to the sea coast of 
Canada. 
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