BRUNNICH’S MURRE. 
THICK-BILLED GUILLEMOT. FOOLISH GUILLEMOT. 
PENGUIN. 
Ukia LOMVIA. 
Char. Upper parts sooty black, deeper on head and nape; sides of 
head and neck, chin, and throat brown ; wing with small patch of white ; 
bill short and thick, and of black color. Length about i8 inches ; female 
somewhat smaller. In winter the throat becomes white. Young birds 
are similar to the adult in winter plumage 
A'est. On the bare rocks of an ocean cliff. 
Egg. 1 ; very variable in color, markings, and size ; average about 
3.15 X 2.05. 
This is the Common Guillemot of our shores, and is rather abun- 
dant in some localities, breeding from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to 
the Frozen Ocean, and wintering from south Greenland to New 
Jersey. Some European naturalists consider this bird a variety 
of U. troile, and not entitled to specific rank ; but the “ American 
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