. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. LOMVIA TROILE : COMMON GUILLEMOT. 397 necticut case. It also breeds sparingly on islands about the northern limit of the New England coast. The eggs are laid in the crevices of rocks, and are usually two, sometimes three in number, measuring about X , of a dull green- ish color, variously marked with dark Fig. 85. — Black Guillemot. Nat. size. COMMON GUILLEMOT, OR MURRE. LOMVIA TROILE (L.) Brdt. Chars. Tarsi scutellate in front, much shorter than m
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. LOMVIA TROILE : COMMON GUILLEMOT. 397 necticut case. It also breeds sparingly on islands about the northern limit of the New England coast. The eggs are laid in the crevices of rocks, and are usually two, sometimes three in number, measuring about X , of a dull green- ish color, variously marked with dark Fig. 85. — Black Guillemot. Nat. size. COMMON GUILLEMOT, OR MURRE. LOMVIA TROILE (L.) Brdt. Chars. Tarsi scutellate in front, much shorter than middle toe without claw; bill with decurved commissure, much longer than tarsus, its end, and the outer claw, grooved ; nostrils feathered ; tail graduated, contained more than three times in the length of wing. Size and coloration almost exactly as described under Utamania tarda, but no white line from bill to eye. Depth of bill at nostrils not nearly half the length of culmen ; tomia of upper mandible at base feathered, not noticeably dilated, nor brightly colored. In some cases, edges of eyelids, and line behind eye, white. Contrary to the general impression, the " common " Guillemot appears to be a rare bird in New England, most of the Murres occurring in winter along our coast being of the following species. Its breeding in some localities on the Maine coast is attested, like that of the. 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 Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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