THE GUILLEMOT. 



Uria troile. 



HIS somewhat odd-looking 

 bird is perhaps better known 

 as the " Foolish Guillemot/' 

 and is also, in some places, 

 called the Willock, or Tin- 

 kershere. It is one of the 

 commonest of the species, 

 and is met with in the tide- 

 way of the open sea at all 

 times of the year, and all 

 round the coasts of Great 

 Britain. During the breed- 

 ing season these birds as- 

 semble in very large numbers 

 on the rocky islands and wild 

 cliffs which are to be found 

 on various portions of our 

 shores, and at these places 

 they breed in the company of 

 Razorbills, Puffins, Gulls, 

 and other sea-going birds. 

 It is worthy of remark that, 

 although the above-men- 

 tioned birds make use of the 



