ClafsII. LESSER GUILLEMOT. 4 n 



VII. The LESSER GUILLEMOT. 



Uria Svarbag. Brunnhh no. Ringuia. 



IJlandis Stutnefur, Svartbakur, ' Br. Zool. 138. 



THE weight is nineteen ounces: the length fix- Defcr 

 teen inches : the breadth twenty-fix. The bill 

 two inches an4,a half long, fhaped like the Guille- 

 mots, but weaker. The top of the head, the whole 

 upper part of the bodv, wings and tail are of the fame 

 color with the former : the cheeks, throat, and 

 all the lower fide of the body are white : from 

 the corner of the eye is a dufky ftroke, point- 

 ing to the hind part of the head : the legs are 

 dufky : the tail very ihort, and confifts of twelve 

 feathers. 



Thefe birds frequent our coafts in the winter time ; 

 but that very rarely : where they breed is unknown 

 to us-, having never obferved them on the rocks 

 among the congenerous birds. 



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