4 io GUILLEMOT. Clafs II. 



** 

 V. The GUILLEMOT. 



Guillem, Guillemot, Skout, Kid- Lommia. N. Com. Petr. iv. 414. 



daw, Sea-hen. Wil orn. 324. Colymbus Troile. Lin.fyji. 2 20 



v Sazijyn. a<v. 120. Faun. Suec. fp. 149. 



The Lavy. Martins <voy. St. IJlandh&c A ; »ri« , i gzVLomvie,Lang- 



Kiida. 32. givie, Lomrifvie, Storfugl. 



JEd'vc. a<v. 359. fig. I. Brunnich. 108. 



Una, le Guillemot. Brijfon a<u. Br. Zool. 138. 



vi. 70. tab. t.Jig. I. 



Defer. / "TT A HIS fpecies weighs twenty-four ounces : the 



-*- length feventeen inches : the breadth twenty- 

 feven and a half: the bill is three inches long ; black, 

 ftrait, and fharp pointed : near the end of the lower 

 mandible is a fmall procefs ; the infide of the mouth 

 yellow : the feathers on the upper part of the bill are 

 fhort, and foft like velvet : from the eye to the hind 

 part of the head is a fmall divifion of the feathers. 

 The head, neck, back, wings, and tail are of a deep 

 moufe color , the tips of the leiTer quil-feathers white : 

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

 the legs dufky. 



Thefe birds are found in amazing numbers on the 

 high cliffs on feveral of our coafts, and appear at the 

 fame time as the auk. They are very fimple birds ; 

 for notwithstanding they are mot at, and fee their 

 companions killed by them, they will not quit the 

 rock. Like the auk, they lay only one egg, which is 

 very large ; fome are of a fine pale blue, others white, 

 fpotted, or mod elegantly ftreaked with lines croffing 

 each other in ail directions. 



VI. The 



