390 



BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE FOOLISH GUILLEMOT. 



WILLOCK, SKOUT, KIDDAW, LAW, SEAHEX, OR STRANY. 

 SUMMER PLUMAGE. 



(Uria Troile, Lath. Guillemot a capncJion, Temm.} 



THIS Guillemot is a plump heavy bird in pro- 

 portion to its size, weighing about twenty-four 

 ounces, and .measuring only seventeen inches in 

 length, and twenty-seven and a half in breadth. 

 Bill bluish-black, about two inches and three 

 quarters long, from the tip to the corners of the 

 mouth, the inside of which is yellow: both man- 

 dibles slightly notched near their points : irides 

 hazel: from each eye to the hinder part of the 

 head, a narrow line -is formed by a singular 

 division of the feathers, which here, as well as on 

 the head and neck, are close and smooth, and of a 

 dull dusty mouse-colour; the back, wings, and tail 

 are nearly the same, but have a lead-coloured cast : 

 the tips of the lesser quills, the breast, belly, and 

 vent, are white: legs dusky and brown: claws 

 black. 



