MURRE. 
FOOLISH GUILLEMOT. COMMON GUILLEMOT. PENGUIN. 
Uria TROII.E. 
Char. Upper parts rich velvet brown, variable in lint; under parts 
white ; wings with a small white patch ; bill long and .slender and of 
black color; legs blackish, webs olive. Length about l8 inches (female 
rather smaller). In winter the chin, throat, and sides of neck become 
white, more or less mottled with black. 
AV.(/. On a ledge of an ocean cliff; no attempt is made to construct 
a receptacle for the egg, — it is laid u])on the bare rock. 
I ; variable in color, the prevailing tints being ivory white, yel- 
lowish green, dark green, pale Vtlue, and reddish brown, with numerous 
intermediate tints ; markings irregular, and of browns and grays in vari- 
ous shades ; size variable, average about 3.25 X i ■ 90 - 
The Foolish Guillemot, so called for its fatuity in the 
breeding-season, in allowing itself sometimes to be seized 
by the hand or killed on the spot without flying from its 
