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entangled. A small hole is left on one side, pretty high up, 
for ingress and egress, and the inside is lined with feathers, 
which make it as warm and comfortable, at least to the 
human understanding, as the outside is compact. The 
eggs number from seven to ten, and even sixteen or 
twenty, which are probably the production of more than 
one bird; white or rosy-white until blown (by reason of 
the yolk showing through the thin transparent shell), with 
very small reddish-brown spots round the larger end. 
THE RAZOR-BILL. 
Tue Guillemot and Razor-Bill appear to be very much 
alike in the choice of their position for breeding purposes, 
and alike only lay one egg each; but that of the latter 
differs very much from the former in diversity of colour- 
ing. It is white or buffy-white, spotted and blotched with 
black, chestnut, or reddish-brown. 
THE SANDWICH TERN. 
Low, sandy islands, such as the Wamses at the Farne and 
Scilly Isles, and at suitable places on the Scottish and 
Trish coasts, are the favourite breeding places of this Tern. 
Sometimes a slight hollow is scratched in the sand or 
gravel; at others no declivity at all is formed for the 
nest. Occasionally a few bits of grass are used as a 
lining. The eggs number two or three, and vary from 
creamy-white to dark buff in ground colour. They are 
blotched and spotted with reddish- and blackish-brown and 
underlying light grey markings- 
