Class II. FOOJJSII GUILLEMO'l'. i6l 



side of the mouth yellow ; the feathers on the 

 upper part of the bill are short, and soft like 

 velvet; from the ey(i to the hind part of the 

 head is a small division of the feathers. 'I'he 

 head, neek, hack, win^^s, and tail are of a deep 

 mouse color ; the tips of the lesser quil feathers 

 wijite ; the whole under part of the hody is of a 

 pure white ; tlic sides under the wings marked 

 with dusky lines ; immediately above the thighs 

 are some long feathers that curl over them. The 

 legs are dusky. 



These birds are found in amazing numbers 

 on the high clifi's on several of our coasts, and 

 appear at the same time as the auk. "Jhey 

 are very simple, for, notwithstanding they 

 are shot at, and see tlieir companions killed 

 by them, they will not quit the rock, i^ike the 

 auk, they lay only one egg, which is very large ; 

 its color is green, but of various shades, from a 

 faint to a full sea-green, more or less spotted 

 and streaked with black ; we have rarely known 

 instances of its br;ing perf(;ctly plain. The liev. 

 Mr. Low of Birm assures me, that they conti- 

 nue about the Orknks tlje whole winter. 



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