COMMON GUILLEMOT. 



URIA TROILE {Linn.). 



Colymbus troile, Linn. S. N. i. p. 220 (1766). 



Uria troile, Macg. v. p. 318 ; Hewitson, ii. p. 455 ; Yarr. ed. 4, 



iv. p. 69. 

 Uria lomvia, Naum. xii. p. 508. 

 Uria hringvia, Naum. xii. p. 524. 

 Uria lacrymans, Macg. v. p. 326. 

 Alca troile, Dresser, viii. p. 567. 



Guillemot troile, French ; Lumme, German. 



This bird is exceedingly common on and about the 

 coasts of the United Kingdom at all seasons, and breeds 

 in vast numbers on the suitable ledges of pretty nearly 

 all our considerable ranges of sea-cliffs ; but. to meet the 

 requirements of the Guillemot these ledges must be bare 

 and free from vegetation of any kind. I believe that 

 after the end of August this bird deserts its breeding 

 places and lives entirely " at sea." Our bird is known 

 in different parts of the country by a variety of names, 

 of which, perhaps, " Willock," " Willet," " Marrock," 

 " Scoot," and " Murre " are the most generally known ; 

 but to the bird -butchers who pursue sea-birds in boats 

 in holiday time for sport ! or for the sake of selling 



