BLACK GUILLEMOT.’ 
SEA PIGEON. 
Cepphus GRYLLE. 
Char. Prevailing color black ; large patch on the wings white, with a 
black bar, sometimes wholly or partially concealed ; bill black ; legs and 
feet bright red. Length about 13 inches. In winter the upper parts are 
varied with white, and the lower parts mostly white; feet pinkish. 
Nest. On a rock-bound coast, placed on the ledge of a cliff, or under 
loose bowldens on the top of a bluff; sometimes amid the shingle of a 
beach ; no attempt is made at nest-building ; the eggs are deposited on 
the bare rocks. 1 dol 
2-3 (usually 2) ; ivory white, sometimes tinged with bluish 
green, marked with rich brown and gray; 2.30 X I 60. 
The Black Guillemot is a general inhabitant of the whole 
Arctic seas of both continents. It has even been called the 
Dove of Greenland, being common in that country, as well as 
