GUILLEMOT 125 



from rolling off into the sea ; for when moved by the wind, 

 or other circumstances, it only rolls round in a circle, with- 

 out changing its immediate situation. If the first egg be 

 taken a second is laid, and if the second, a third. Each 

 bird knows it own egg, and if it be moved she will put 

 it back with her feet. She sits on the egg in an upright 

 position. 



