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FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



mouth orange ; the irides very dark brown ; head, neck 

 all round at the upper part, and on the sides and hind part 

 below, the back, tail, and wings, except the secondaries, sooty 

 black ; lower part of neck in front, and all the under sur- 

 face of the body pure white ; legs, toes, and their mem- 

 branes, dark brownish-black ; the whole length of the male 

 bird is about eighteen inches. The females are a trifle 

 smaller than the males. 



In addition to our own seas, the common Guillemot is 

 found in summer in various parts of Scandinavia, the Faroe 

 Islands, and as far in the Arctic seas as Nova Zembla and 

 Spitzbergen. It is also met with on the coasts of Holland 

 and France, and very occasionally in the Mediterranean 

 Sea. 



