n8 GUILLEMOT. 



varieties only would be almost endless, 'adeo sunt 

 multa.' Some are entirely white, others more or less 

 spotted with brown, and others again bluish green, 

 blotted and streaked with dark reddish brown or black. 

 Some are entirely green. 'The shape of the egg, which 

 is very tapering, prevents it from rolling off into the 

 sea; for when moved by the wind, or other circumstances, 

 it only rolls round its own circle, without changing its 

 first immediate situation.' If the first egg be taken 

 a second is laid, and if the second, a third. It is said 

 that each bird knows it own egg, and that if it be 

 moved she will put it back with her feet. She sits 

 standing if so one may say. 



