GUILLEMOTS 



(27) Cepphus grylle 



(Linn.\ (Gr., a seabird^ Swtdish name for 

 this bird). 



BLACK GUILLEMOT; SEA 

 PIGEON. Ad. in summer — Sooty- 

 black, with slight greenish gloss; bases 

 of greater wing coverts black. Feet 

 and inside of mouth red. In ■winter — • 

 White below; back more or less gray 

 and white. L.. 13.00; W., 6.20; Tar., 

 1.25; B., 1.20. Nest — In crevices 

 along rocky cliffs or shores. Two or 

 three white eggs, handsomely blotched 

 with dark brown; 2.40 x 1.50. 



Range — Breeds from Me. to 

 Ungava. Winters south to Cape Cod. 



(28) Cepphus mandti 



iMandt.) 



MANDT'S GUILLEMOT. Like 

 the Black Guillemot, but the greater 

 coverts are white to their bases. 

 Coasts and Islands of the Arctic. 



BLACK GUILLEMOTS are quite abundant about some 

 of the Maine islands and more so as we go farther north. 

 Their two or three handsomely spotted eggs are laid in fis- 

 sures of sea-cliffs or crevices between rocks along the shores. 

 They nest in colonies; if disturbed they float off-shore a 

 couple hundred yards, uttering very shrill whistles of pro- 

 test. The interiors of their mouths are bright red, match- 

 ing the colors of their legs. Their flight is strong and swift. 

 Incoming birds often have long, reddish worms swinging from 

 their bills; these are gathered from the kelp-covered rocks, 

 and are destined for the little guillemots. 



MURRES. — Bird Rock, at the mouth of the St. Lawrence 

 River, stands as the southern breeding limit of several species 

 of sea-birds, one of which is the Murre. The two species, 

 the Common Murre and Brunnich's, appear to be of about 

 equal abundance. The bills of the latter are shorter, thicker 

 and deeper, and the tops and backs of the heads are darker. 

 Some individuals of the Common Murre have white 



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