. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. l'± t -i-' 91 ds frequent elvillc I'cn- where they le coast of I is similar that they md Iceland ntiguous to with down. freciuently , and some- /er Thames ich it feeds, of the Sprat iken in the Its. It flies xterity, and ; very noisy. August, and irse of Sep- Itic and the of eastern the Arctic, casually to. BLACK GUIT,LEMOT. SEA PIGEON. Cepphus GRVLLR. Char. Prevailing color black ; large patch on the wingr white,
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. l'± t -i-' 91 ds frequent elvillc I'cn- where they le coast of I is similar that they md Iceland ntiguous to with down. freciuently , and some- /er Thames ich it feeds, of the Sprat iken in the Its. It flies xterity, and ; very noisy. August, and irse of Sep- Itic and the of eastern the Arctic, casually to. BLACK GUIT,LEMOT. SEA PIGEON. Cepphus GRVLLR. Char. Prevailing color black ; large patch on the wingr white, with a black bar, sometimes wholly or partially concealed ; bill black ; legs feet bright red. Length about 13 inches. In winter the u])pcr part;- are varied with white, and the lower parts mostly white; feet pinkish. JVc-st. On a rock-boimd coast, placed on the ledge of a cliff, or under loose bowlders on the top of a bluff; sometimes amid the shingle of a beach ; no attempt is made at nest-building ; the eggs are dejxjsited on the bare rocks. .£;^j,'-j. ::-3 (usually 2); ivory white, sometimes tinged with bluish green, marked with rich brown and gray; X 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. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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