MURRE. 



FOOLISH GUILLEMOT. COMMON GUILLEMOT. PENGUIN. 

 Uria TROILE. 



Char. Upper parts rich velvet brown, variable in tint ; under parts 

 white; wings with a small white patch; bill long and slender and of 

 black color; legs blackish, webs olive. Length about iS inches (female 

 rather smaller). In winter the chin, throat, and sides of neck become 

 white, more or less mottled with black. 



Nest. On a ledge of an ocean cliff; no attempt is made to construct 

 a receptacle for the egg, — it is laid upon the bare rock. 



Egg. I ; variable in color, the prevailing tints being ivory white, yel- 

 lowish green, dark green, pale blue, and reddish brown, with numerous 

 intermediate tints ; markings irregular, and of browns and grays in vari- 

 ous shades; size variable, average about 3.25 X igo. 



The Foolish Guillemot, so called for its fatuity in the 

 breeding-season, in allowing itself sometimes to be seized 

 by the hand or killed on the spot without flying from its 



