Ciassll, FOOLISH GUILLEMOT. 
side of the mouth yellow; the feathers on the 
upper part of the bill are short, and soft like 
velvet; from the eye to the hind part of the 
head is a small division of the feathers. The 
head, neck, back, wings, and tail are of a deep 
mouse color ; the tips of the lesser quil feathers 
white ; the whole under part of the body is of a 
pure white; the 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 cliffs on several of our coasts, and 
appear at the same time as the auk. They 
are very simple, for, notwithstanding they 
are shot at, and see their companions killed 
by them, they will not quit the rock. Like 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 being perfectly plain. The Rey. 
Mr. Low of Birsa assures me, that they conti- 
nue about the Orknies the whole winter. 
YOL. II. M 
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