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makes its neft a great way under ground, and lays 
but one egg. | 
_ ‘The Black Guillemot is found in Caernarvon. 
fhire, and in many of the iflands near Great- 
Britain. In the winter, its head, neck, and the 
upper part of its back, grow white. 

COLYMBUS TROILE.. 
Tar FOOLISH GUILLEMOT. 
The Foolifh Guillemot has a fmall procefs, or 
‘fnob, near the end of the lower mandible; and — 
fhort, foft feathers on the upper part of the bill, | 
It is very common on the Englifh coafts, on 
rocky cliffs. 
Thefe Guillemots are very filly birds ; for 
though they fee their companions killed, one 
after another, they only make a little circuit in the 
air, and alight again on the fame places: fo that 
many people go out to fhoot them, to learn the | 
art of fhooting flying. ae | 
The inhabitants of Kamfchatka kill them for 
food, though they be very ill tafted. Their eggs 
‘are efteemed a delicacy, and their fkins are fewed — 
together for garments. 
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