URIA TROILE. 
FOOLISH GUILLEMOT. 
Generic Character. 
Bill slender and sharp-pointed, the upper mandible 
slightly curving- towards the tip, the base covered 
with short downy feathers. 
Nostrils linear^ placed in a furrow near the base. 
Toes three before, webbed. 
Synonyms. 
Uria Troile. Lath, Ind. Dm, 2. p. 796. L 
CoLYMBus Troile. Lin. Sj/st. 1. p. 220. 2. 
Foolish Guillemot. Br Zool. 2. 234. Ib.fol. 138. 
tab. H, 3. Lath, Sz/n, 6. p, 
329. 1 lb. Supt, p. 265. 
Mont. Orn. Diet. Bewick's 
Br. Birds, Ft. 2. p. 16L 
Egg. Ovarium Brit. .Pt. I. 
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J- HIS species weighs about one pound and a half, its 
length is near eighteen inches, and its breadth about twenty- 
seven inches ; bill three inches long, sharp pointed, the base 
covered with short downy feathers ; inside of the mouth yel- 
low ; legs placed very far behind ; nails strong. Colours 
alike in both sexes. 
These birds are very numerous on many parts of our 
coast, where they congregate with the razor-bill and puffin ; 
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