COMMON GUILLEMOT.
URIA TROILE [Linn.).
Colymbus troile, Linn. S. N. i. p. 220 (1766).
Uria troile, Macg. v. p. 318; Heivitson, ii. p. 4 5 5 ; Yarr. ed. 4,
iv. p. 69.
Uria lomvia, Naum. xii. p. 508.
Uria hringvia, Naum. xii. p. 524.
Uria lacrymans, Macg. v. p. 326.
Alca troile, Dresser, viii. p. 567.
Guillemot troile, French; Lumme, German.
This bird is exceedingly common on and about the
coasts of the United Kingdom at all seasons, and breeds
in vast numbers on the suitable ledges of pretty nearly
all our considerable ranges of sea-cliffs ; but to meet the
requirements of the Guillemot these ledges must be bare
and free from vegetation of any kind. I believe that
after the end of August this bird deserts its breeding
places and lives entirely " at sea." Our bird is known
in different parts of the country by a variety of names,
of which, perhaps, " Willock," " Wdlet," " Marrock,"
" Scoot," and " Murre " are the most generally known ;
but to the bird-butchers who pursue sea-birds in boats
in holiday time for sport ! or for the sake of selling