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BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE FOOLISH GUILLEMOT. 



WINTER PLUMAGE. 



THE cheeks, fore part of the neck and the breast, 

 tips of the secondary quills, and the whole of the 

 under parts, are white, except a few dull spots 

 on the auriculars, and some freckles on the breast: 

 the stroke formed by the divided feathers behind 

 the eye, is dusky, on a white ground; the front 

 and crown of the head, back of the neck, and 

 the whole of the upper parts, are dusky, inclining 

 to lead colour: the legs and feet dusky, blushed 

 with red. 



The bird from which the above drawing and 

 description were taken, was caught alive at Tyne- 

 mouth, in the latter end of September, 1801 : the 

 tide had left it in a situation surrounded by rocks, 



