52Q LESSER GUILLEMOT. Class II. 



the tips of the lefTer quil-feathers white : the 

 whole under part of the body is of a pure white : 

 the fides under the wings marked with dafky lines. 

 Immediately above the thio-hs are fome long fea- 

 thers that curl over them. The legs dufky. 



Thefe birds are found in amazing numbers on 

 the high cliffs on feveral of our coafts, and ap- 

 pear at the fame time as the auk. They are very 

 fimple birds -, for notwithstanding they are ihot at, 

 and fee their companions killed by them, they 

 will not quit the rock. Like the auk, they lay on- 

 E;q q. Iy one egg, which is very large ; fome are of a 

 fine pale blue, others white, fpotted, or mod ele- 

 gantly ftreaked with lines crofling each other in 

 ail directions. The Rev. Mr. Low of Birfa af- 

 fures me, that they continue about the Orknies the 

 whole winter. 



235. Lesser. Uria Svarbag. Ringula. ^Brunnicb, No. iiq» 



//2W«Stutnefur, Svartbakur. Scopob, No. 105. 



Br. ZocL 138. 



D esc rip. /T^HE weight is nineteen ounces: the length fix- 

 -*- teen inches : the breadth twenty-fix. The 

 bill two inches and a half long, fhaped like the 

 Guillemot's, but weaker. The top of the head, 

 the whole upper part of the body, wings and tail 

 are of a darker color than the former : the cheeks, 



throat, 



