CHAPTER III. 

 GUILLEMOTS, RAZORBILL, AND PUFFIN. 



Affinities and Characteristics Guillemot Razorbill Little 

 Changes of Plumage Guillemot Auk Puffin. 

 Brunnich '.$ Guillemot Black 



FEW birds are more thoroughly marine in 

 their haunts and their habits than those 

 which are included in the present chapter. They 

 are inseparably associated with the sea ; they 

 form one of the most interesting features of 

 marine life, whether in summer, when they crowd 

 in countless hosts at their breeding stations 

 upon the cliffs and islands, or in winter, when 

 they spread themselves far and wide over the 

 waste of waters. From whatever point of view 

 we study them, they are intensely interesting 

 birds. 



The Auks, as they are collectively termed, 

 form the small yet well-defined family ALCID.E. 

 Although the Auks are a specialised group, 

 systematists pretty generally agree in associating 

 them more or less closely with the Divers, the 

 Grebes, the Gulls, and the Limicolae. Auks are 



