. British birds . Fig. 119.—Little Auk. i natural size. BLACK GUILLEMOT 8&1 Brunnichs guillemot {Lomvia bruennicJii) is a very rarestraggler from the arctic regions to the northern islands and coastsof Scotland. The little auk (Margulus alle) is an irregular visitor, sometimes inconsiderable numbers, to the British coasts, especially in the is a circumpolar species, and straggles southwards in winter,but seldom approaches the British Islands, except in very severeweather. Crown, collar, and upperparts black, all the rest white;bill, bluish at the base, yell
. British birds . Fig. 119.—Little Auk. i natural size. BLACK GUILLEMOT 8&1 Brunnichs guillemot {Lomvia bruennicJii) is a very rarestraggler from the arctic regions to the northern islands and coastsof Scotland. The little auk (Margulus alle) is an irregular visitor, sometimes inconsiderable numbers, to the British coasts, especially in the is a circumpolar species, and straggles southwards in winter,but seldom approaches the British Islands, except in very severeweather. Crown, collar, and upperparts black, all the rest white;bill, bluish at the base, yellowin the middle, bright red at thetip ; legs and feet , twelve inches. Among British birds,whether sea or land, the puffinis the most singular in appear-ance—a small auk, compact inbuild, conspicuous in black andwhite plumage, broad coUar,white, owlish face, and greatbeak, short and adze-shaped,but massive as a toucans. Thebrilliant colours of this beak, too—red with orange bars—give it aCTurious resemblance to the enormous organ of the tropical bird. Onemay look at the puffin almost daily, as he stands on the rocks, alwayswith something of surprise at his strilcingly handsome yet grotesqueappearance. The fanciful idea suggests itseK that the bird is amasquerader; that the visible, brilliantly coloured beak has beenartificially made, and put on over the natural beak, just as in thecase of a human masquerader a large, gaily coloured, artificialnose is sometimes placed over the n
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