254 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Descriptions. 



or furrow in the upper mandible, which runs a 

 little beyond the nostrils, and is in some degree 

 covered with a sort of nappy thick down-like vel- 

 ret; the upper part being crooked at the end 

 and hanging over the under, with transverse 

 channelled lines running across each, and a narrow 

 white line passing from each eye to the corner 

 of the upper mandible. The inner part of the 

 mouth is of a fine yellow, and the eyes of hazel 

 colour. The head and upper part of the body 

 are black : the under part of the chin more pur- 

 ple, the breast, belly, and tips of the covert fea- 

 thers of the wings white. The tail is black, and 

 about three inches long ; the legs, feet, and toes 

 pretty much of the same colour. They breed on 

 the edges of steep craggy rocks, by the sea- 

 shore, laying large white eggs spotted with black. 



THE GUILLEMOT 



IS about the size of a common duck, the 

 upper parts of the body are of a dark brown co- 

 lour, inclining to a black, except the tips of some 

 of the wing feathers which are white ; all the 

 under parts of the body are also white. The 

 tail is about two inches long. 



These are simple birds, and easily taken. They 

 generally join companies with other birds, and 

 breed on the inaccessible rocks, and steep cliffs 

 in the Isle of Man, and likewise in Cornwall; on 



