

BLACK GUILLEMOT. 



sea pigeon. 



Cepphus grylle. 



Char. Prevailing color black ; large patch on the wings white, with a 

 black bar, sometimes wholly or partially concealed ; bill black; legs and 

 feet bright red. Length about 13 inches. In winter the upper parts are 

 varied with white, and the lower parts mostly white ; feet pinkish. 



Nest. On a rock -bound coast, placed on the ledge of a cliff, or under 

 loose bowlders on the top of a bluff; sometimes amid the shingle of a 

 beach ; no attempt is made at nest-building ; the eggs are deposited on 

 the bare rocks. 



Eggs. 2-3 (usually 2) ; ivory white, sometimes tinged with bluish 

 green, marked with rich brown and gray; 2.30 X i-6o. 



The Black Guillemot is a general inhabitant of the whole 

 Arctic seas of both continents. It has even been called the 

 Dove of Greenland, being common in that country, as well as 



