| 单词 | guillemot |
| 例句 | Nations did not need to have the same kind of civilization, nor the same kind of leader, any more than the puffins and the guillemots did. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In Guillemot Street below that the guillemots held their sharp, toy-like faces upward, as thrushes do when hatching, Lowest of all, there were the Kittiwake Slums. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z White-winged guillemots and snaky-necked cormorants voguing on the shore, puffins skimming the water with their clown beaks — it was hard to imagine just a couple of centuries back all this biomass wasn’t here. Kayak, bushwhack and get to know scat on an adventure cruise to Alaska 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The Northumberland islands - home to puffins, guillemots, razorbills and Arctic, sandwich and common terns - will stay shut for the season. Farne Islands: Plea for action after 3,500 seabirds die of bird flu 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z A census carried out by the charity found the numbers of fulmars, guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes on the remote archipelago has fallen dramatically. Dramatic fall in the number of seabirds on St Kilda 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z NatureScot said avian flu had been confirmed in sandwich terns, common terns, kittiwakes, herring gulls, black-headed gulls and guillemots so far this year. Avian flu cases confirmed on Scottish nature reserves 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its unique landscape, which provides nesting sites for guillemots, razorbills and puffins. Treshnish Isles given protection of National Trust for Scotland 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z As well as puffins, there are razorbills, kittiwakes, Manx shearwaters, guillemots and fulmars. Puffins: Rats and ferrets targeted to protect Rathlin Island seabirds 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Bempton Cliffs is a site of special scientific interest where half a million seabirds, including puffins, gannets, kittiwakes and guillemots, breed each year. Peregrine falcon snatches puffin at Bempton Cliffs 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z Settlement on the island itself is not allowed, its only inhabitants being puffins, guillemots and an assortment of other seabirds - and until recently a solitary rat. The mysteries that gave birth to the world’s newest micronation 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z The Farnes are an internationally important habitat for 23 species including puffins, Arctic terns, guillemots, razorbills, sandwich terns and common terns. Farne Islands: Bird flu death toll passes more than 3,000 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Great black-backed gull, Arctic tern, common guillemot and puffin have also tested positive. Isle of May and Noss reserves to shut amid bird flu cases 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Earlier this year a large number of seabirds, including puffins, guillemots and razorbills were found dead or starving along the eastern coast of the UK. Dozens of dead and ill puffins wash up in Orkney 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Other birds impacted by drones flying too close to the Oregon islands include the common murre, pigeon guillemot, tufted puffin and two types of cormorants. New rules in works to stop drones from harassing birds 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z The mapping reveals that the Scottish coastline, particularly the east coast, is important for kittiwakes, guillemots and razorbills. New maps reveal seabird breeding hotspots 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The scientists said that mass deaths of murres, also known as common guillemots, happen sporadically, but described the scale of the incident in 2015-16 as "unprecedented and astonishing". Million birds feared dead in 'blob' ocean heatwave 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z It's internationally recognised for seabirds - the puffins of course, but also razorbills, guillemots and kittiwakes too, as well as migrating birds like arctic terns which pitch up in the summer. Is this still the best place to be a puffin? 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales also reported healthy numbers of puffins, razor bills and guillemots. Island census shows rise in seabird 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Skomer was “absolutely incredible” for them, Stubbings says: thousands of guillemots, razorbills, puffins and, most of all, the noisy, nocturnal shearwaters. Extreme weather, loud birds and fresh food by boat – could you live on a remote island? 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z At Uretep in the north of the Netherlands, 11 guillemots are being nursed back to health. Mystery of '20,000 seabird deaths' 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Scientists are scrambling to understand the sudden death of an estimated 20,000 guillemots off the Dutch coast, hundreds of which are washing up on the country’s shoreline. Netherlands puzzles over death of estimated 20,000 guillemots 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Writing of puffins and albatrosses, fulmars and gulls, guillemots and gannets, Nicolson chronicles their bloodthirsty competitiveness, their astounding feats of survival and the sheer wonder of their powers of flight. Favorite nonfiction from 2018, from Princess Margaret to a Silicon Valley scammer 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Populations of guillemots, fulmars, razorbills, skuas and terns have all crashed. Dead kittiwakes, dwindling fish and oceans of plastic: my voyage of discovery 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Common murres, known elsewhere as common guillemots, are an indicator of the health of an ecosystem. Alaska seabird deaths continue trend tied to warming ocean 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Pigeon guillemots and rhinoceros auklets ride the waves nearby, and once in a while we catch sight of a puffin. Cold, Windy Bliss on a Salmon Fishing Trip 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Around 2% of the total guillemot population – more than 130,000 birds – is found in the Dutch North Sea, where a favourite habitat is the protected Frisian Front, north of the Wadden Islands. Netherlands puzzles over death of estimated 20,000 guillemots 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z In the years that followed, seabirds like the black guillemot started arriving earlier, laying eggs earlier and not surviving as well, he said, blaming warming. Looking for signs of global warming? It’s all around you 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z This was my first experience at this type of capturing the guillemot and I remember being a little scared. A Veritable No Man’s Land, Off the Coast of Scotland 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Explain how the densely packed colonies of guillemots and gannets serve as “information exchanges.” Plastic Smells the Same as Fish to a Seabird 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Fulmars, kittiwakes, razorbills, terns and guillemots, but the stars of the show are the puffins. The island where people eat puffins 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z For guillemots the number of pairs fell from 270 to 50. Torrey Canyon oil spill: The day the sea turned black - BBC News 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Through careful evaluation of alternative hypotheses, he dispels the common explanation that the pear shape of the guillemot's egg evolved mainly to keep it from rolling off the nest precipice. Ornithology: Oology unshelled : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z When the pressure ultimately becomes impossible to oppose, he relents, but at the last moment, decides to scale a cliff for a guillemot egg that he can sell to a collector. A Veritable No Man’s Land, Off the Coast of Scotland 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z This island is well known to ornithologists as a nesting site for guillemots and razorbills. Pictures of guilly 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z AT THE end of the highway, 200 miles from Anchorage, sits a small fishing and tourism town where, in early January, thousands of dead common murres, or guillemots, were washed ashore. Murre mystery 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Among those were a surprising number of seabirds, including auks and guillemots, remaining in the Arctic instead of flying south - and somehow fishing in the dark. Arctic ocean's wakeful winter revealed - BBC News 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z George Divoky and others have been tracking how early the black guillemot bird lays its first egg on far north Cooper Islands. Global warming carving changes into Alaska in fire and ice 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z The steep cliffs of this Unesco world heritage site provide refuge for thousands of black-legged kittiwakes, fulmars, black guillemots and thick-billed murre, creating a vast, mist-shrouded citadel of screaming, winged wildlife. My Arctic journey shows how a warming climate exposes our most fragile ecosystem – and threatens its very survival 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z They thereby hoped to judge the guillemot population’s health by noting from their photographs how many nests were occupied by birds that were either incubating eggs or brooding hatchlings. Pictures of guilly 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z After collecting guillemot, razorbill, kittiwake and puffin eggs in bags attached to his waist, the climber would be pulled back to the cliff top. Historic images of England - BBC News 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z For the past 20 years, this study — the aims of which are to understand the population biology of guillemots and to implement a scientifically robust monitoring scheme — was funded by the Countryside Council for Wales. Stormy outlook for long-term ecology studies 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z The Unesco World Heritage Site is home to puffins, manx shearwaters, storm petrels, guillemots and kittiwakes. Unesco asks for Star Wars report 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z The substance - a lubricant used to improve the engine performance of ships - was found on seabirds, mainly guillemots, in two separate instances between January and May. Worldwide ban on bird pollutant 2013-10-22T06:33:43Z When they were getting a catch of fulmars or guillemots or the gannets, when they had a big catch, it was always distributed to every household. Death of one of last St Kildans 2013-10-01T22:56:38Z Puffins, kittiwakes, common guillemots and the rest are struggling to survive these tough times. 'Extinction' warning over seabirds 2013-09-23T23:38:34Z Species like kittiwakes, guillemots and razorbills are showing some of the steepest declines in numbers of birds present. Seabird colony numbers decimated 2013-07-23T00:17:46Z As well as the puffins, the Farne Islands host thousands of grey seals along with many other types of bird, including Arctic terns, guillemots and razorbills. Farne puffin numbers show increase 2013-07-19T04:16:23Z He said, despite the spill affecting thousands of birds, because the guillemot population was "so large", the species should recover in the long-term. Spills 'unlikely' to hit bird sites 2013-06-23T07:09:53Z Well, the team found that the guillemots needed more energy than any other bird when it was flying, but not very much to dive. Why can't penguins fly? 2013-05-21T11:41:02Z End-of-season counts showed a severe decline in numbers of common guillemots at the charity's coastal reserves. 'Extinction' warning over seabirds 2013-09-23T23:38:34Z There is every sign that this will be another difficult year for some of our most recognisable seabirds including guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes. Seabird colony numbers decimated 2013-07-23T00:17:46Z To investigate, the researchers looked at a close relative of the penguin: the guillemot. Flightless penguin puzzle 'solved' 2013-05-21T05:25:54Z Mark Grantham, from the trust, said guillemots - the species most affected - were collected from beaches across the region. Spills 'unlikely' to hit bird sites 2013-06-23T07:09:53Z They say this shows that penguins, being bigger and better divers would need to use even more energy than the guillemots if they were to try flying - so this is the reason they don't. Why can't penguins fly? 2013-05-21T11:41:02Z Guillemots and gannets were found on the beach at Lansallos, in Cornwall On one section of beach between Downderry and Seaton more than 100 birds, including guillemots and gannets, were found dead on Sunday morning. Birds killed 'by same sticky agent' 2013-04-15T18:15:28Z Over 100 birds, including guillemots and gannets, were found dead on one stretch of beach on Sunday morning. More birds wash up dead on beaches 2013-04-15T11:46:17Z The researchers believe that the guillemot is using so much energy, it is only just able to keep itself aloft. Flightless penguin puzzle 'solved' 2013-05-21T05:25:54Z The substance was identified after analysis of a guillemot. Seabird substance 'identified' 2013-02-06T13:14:29Z More than 300 seabirds, mostly guillemots but also some razorbills, are being cared for in Somerset after being found covered in an oily substance on the south coast. In pictures: Seabirds cleaned 2013-02-05T15:58:48Z In February, more than 300 birds, mainly guillemots and some razorbills, were rescued after they were covered in the substance, which the MCA said was a "fairly common chemical" carried aboard ships. Birds killed 'by same sticky agent' 2013-04-15T18:15:28Z At least two of the rescued birds, which are mainly guillemots, have died but rescuers are trying to save others. Rescue for birds covered in 'wax' 2013-02-01T08:36:28Z The guillemot research is supported by the not-for-profit organisation based in Seattle. Guillemots fight ice withdrawal 2012-12-04T07:51:17Z Tarrock, tar′ok, n. the young of the kittiwake: the tern: guillemot. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Part of the guillemot’s history is still little understood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Kittiwakes, solons, gulls, guillemots, auks, and puffins, they whirled and wheeled around the ship in hundreds, screaming and shrieking and laughing. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Much is done here by the natives in the way of egg-collecting, with the assistance of ropes, the eggs being chiefly those of guillemots, gulls, and razor-bills, and required for food. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z A small colony of black guillemots living on a gravel spit off Point Barrow is providing a unique insight into the changing Arctic environment. Guillemots fight ice withdrawal 2012-12-04T07:51:17Z The skuas and guillemots stirred, and at long intervals screamed. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z This mystery is not peculiar to the guillemot, but is shared by all the Alcidae that inhabit the Atlantic Ocean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z But that white fox, with a few loons, and five guillemots—which, by the way, when skinned, are excellent eating—were all they bagged that day. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z It was April, another month, another long, long four weeks—and early summer and sunshine would come and bring back with them the birds—the grebe, the auk, the wild duck and guillemot. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z How the guillemots respond will turn a lens on the wider changes taking place in Arctic ecosystems, biologists say. Guillemots fight ice withdrawal 2012-12-04T07:51:17Z Here many walruses and bears were secured during the winter, while in summer, from Kent Island, many guillemots were secured. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Data showed one guillemot from Fair Isle, between Orkney and Shetland, travelled as far south as the waters off Dundee, rather than close to home. Bird sat nav shows food hunt further 2011-07-04T23:15:11Z Early in the season, bird sightings were few: Glaucous gulls were sighted first, then black guillemots in increasing numbers. Scientist at Work: Biodiversity in the Arctic Sky 2011-05-27T15:53:37Z Where is the bard who sings Penguin or puffin, Grebe, guillemot, or gull? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 12th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.207Z This year the guillemots were spotted sitting on eggs on 21 April - four days before the previous earliest date. 'Earliest' guillemot eggs at site 2011-05-03T11:18:11Z In moving from these northward, by skin boat and kayak, they noted myriads of guillemots, or "acpas," off the southeast point of the mainland. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Tiny trackers using technology similar to car sat nav systems are following guillemots, kittiwakes and other species. Bird sat nav shows food hunt further 2011-07-04T23:15:11Z The only two species the council currently lists as "not recovering" from the spill are pigeon guillemots and Pacific herring. Louisianans affected by gulf oil spill seek lessons in Alaska from Exxon Valdez 2010-09-06T01:11:00Z Though right now the tide is in at Moss Landing, and there isn't much to see apart from the otters: a brown pelican, a pigeon guillemot, a — is that a grebe? Jonathan Franzen: American Author on TIME Pens 'Freedom' 2010-08-28T14:10:00Z The Countryside Council for Wales contracted the British Trust for Ornithology to assess the survival rates of oil-cleaned guillemots, one of the most commonly oiled seabirds in British waters, from previous spills. Letters: Oil spill and birds 2010-05-27T23:05:00Z The ice groaned; the eiderducks, guillemots and gulls uttered shrill and disturbing cries, seemingly sensing the coming of a storm. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z During the summer we not only shot a number of fulmars, black guillemots, skuas, auks, and little auks, but also a couple of eider-ducks, and even a brace of broad-beaked snipe. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 There myriads of gulls, kittiwakes, murres, guillemots, and such like creatures, made the ice alive with feathered forms. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar The wall-like, reddish-brown cliff rose almost sheer above, with gulls and puffins and guillemots and cormorants perched on its rugged crags, or rising to circle screaming in the air. The Head Girl at the Gables Marmots and guillemots were packed in great black masses on the white foam, and only a mad human mob of screaming women and children could have made a noise comparable. Jan Vedder's Wife The land rose with vertical cliffs two thousand feet high, and offered no life except a few gulls and guillemots. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z For instance, Scott-Hansen and I one night shot 9 little auks, 1 kittiwake, and 1 skua, and the following day 21 more little auks and 2 black guillemots. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 These eggers got out of their sailing ship into a rowboat they towed, so as to go to an island of sea-pigeons, or guillemots—because they couldn't get near enough in the larger vessel. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North Similarly the auks, divers, puffins, terns, and grebes, noddies, and guillemots may be associated together in one order—the order Pygopodes. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 Or you might get a sight of an Arctic skua going north, or a black guillemot with a fish in its mouth flying fast to feed its young. An Orkney Maid Our last meat was used, and we maintained life only by an occasional gull or guillemot. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z On June 20th the doctor and I shot one black guillemot each. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 He came to a village, and said to the people there: “I am looking for a guillemot that can talk.” Eskimo Folk-Tales The birds comprise a darter, a cormorant, a guillemot, and a penguin. Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young The cormorant and puffin and guillemot can vanish at the flash of a gun, reappearing far from where they were last seen, and can pursue and catch some of the swiftest fishes under water. Birds in the Calendar About this giant cliff, gulls, guillemots and ravens talked and winged uproariously. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z This sudden finding of Brünnich’s guillemots seems also curious, but it does no good. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 And sitting up there, it said quite clearly: “This, I think, must be that southern man, who has come far from a place in the south to hear a guillemot.” Eskimo Folk-Tales The guillemot is a diving bird found in the Northern seas, while the penguin may be looked upon as representing the divers of the Southern Ocean. Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young It is a grand spot for seabirds—razor-bills, puffins, guillemots, shags, and gulls. The Cornwall Coast The air was full of countless gulls, guillemots, little auks and eider-ducks. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z A name of the foolish guillemot, Uria troile, in the north. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. A man from the south heard one day of a guillemot that could talk. Eskimo Folk-Tales The speed with which the guillemot cuts the water is truly amazing. Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young The most curious were those of the guillemot, which, though little larger than the puffin, have eggs as large as those of geese. A Yacht Voyage Round England The cry of gulls and guillemots echoed from rock to rock. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The black guillemots and cormorants kept to the cliffs near the shore. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II “Now where is that guillemot, I wonder?” said the man from the south. Eskimo Folk-Tales A few sea-birds, gulls or guillemots, were skimming along the edge of the rocks, the only living things in the solitude. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery Small broad billed guillemots and puffins float at ease upon the water, swelling with obvious pride as they display the flocks of little ones which swim with infantile solemnity around them. Priscilla's Spies The bay waters were alive with eider-ducks and guillemots, while, just outside, walruses dared us to venture in open contest on the wind-swept water. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The black guillemots often swim out together in pairs in the fjords. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II And told the others of his place that he had covered him there below the guillemot’s nest because he was dead. Eskimo Folk-Tales She remembered the guillemots and their rudeness and the way they had stormed and jeered at the boat—did all that mean more than the politeness and friendliness of the penguins? The Beach of Dreams Despoiled, but safe, the guillemot rattled away "for another cast"; but the foe settled, riding lightly on the lift and fall of the bottle-green waves. The Way of the Wild The principal species are ... puffins, gulls, cormorants, Cornish choughs, the eider duck, auks, divers, guillemots, razor-bills, widgeons, willocks, daws, starlings, and pigeons. Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island. On this perhaps depends the scarcity of Brünnich's guillemot in the Kara Sea. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II He had hardly spoken, when the man who was his guide said: “Here, here is the nest of that guillemot bird.” Eskimo Folk-Tales If she were lying dead would not the guillemots pass her without enmity and the penguins without friendliness, as indifferent to her fate as the wave of the sea on the blowing wind? The Beach of Dreams The guillemot flew as never in all her life had she flown before, and every known artifice of dodging she had heard of she tried, and—it all failed. The Way of the Wild A black guillemot, like an omen of evil, passed over Ootah's head. The Eternal Maiden Their flesh has about the same taste as Brünnich's guillemot, but is tougher and of inferior quality; the eggs, on the other hand, are excellent. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II And when the spring came, they began hunting guillemots; driving them together in flocks and killing them so. Eskimo Folk-Tales As the boat drew near the guillemots gave tongue. The Beach of Dreams The wonderful range of colour and marking in the eggs of the guillemot may be imputed to the inaccessible rocks on which it breeds, giving it complete protection from enemies. Darwinism (1889) Some distance away the women were whispering to one another, and above, in the sky, circled a black guillemot. The Eternal Maiden The animals that were seen were some bears and bearded seals, terns, fulmars, ivory gulls, flocks of black guillemots, and a "bird with a rounded tail and long bill," probably some wader. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II So he rowed out in his kayak, and caught a guillemot, and a little after, he caught a raven, and having eaten these one after the other, he died. Eskimo Folk-Tales The sun was shewing through breaks in the high clouds and its light fell on the water and the rock, pied with roosting guillemots. The Beach of Dreams There are some curlew about, and the guillemots are in thousands. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 In the sky overhead the black guillemot screamed. The Eternal Maiden We saw besides a large number of looms and black guillemots, the former accompanied by young of the year, as large as rotges. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II And then they got a guillemot which had its nest close by to fly beside them, while they tried to outdistance it by rowing. Eskimo Folk-Tales The sight seemed to bring the hostile coast leagues nearer and the bagpipe crying of the guillemots as it died away behind them seemed a barrier passed, never to be re-crossed. The Beach of Dreams We saw here a great number of young black guillemots, and a flock of ducks, which we supposed to be of the eider species. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 Even the voices of the sinister black guillemots and ravens were heard no more. The Eternal Maiden The ledges of the perpendicular shore-cliffs of the island formed the breeding-place of numberless looms and kittiwakes, to which a few black guillemots attached themselves. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II And rent with many a crevice, where the wind Had laid up drifts of empty eggshells, swept From the bare berths of gulls and guillemots. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. They were indifferent, no doubt, to the fishy flavour of the auks and the guillemots, and only noticed that they were splendidly fat. Pioneers in Canada On the ledges, too, can be seen rows of little whitebreasted puffins; razor-bills are perched here and there, as well as countless guillemots. Yorkshire Besides, they found a little shooting, and brought down ducks, and geese, and guillemots, or sea turtledoves. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras The eider's flesh has, it is true, but a slight flavour of train oil, but it is coarse and far inferior to that of Brünnich's guillemot. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Under ordinary circumstances he would merely have had to drive away feathered pilferers, such as guillemots or puffins, from his sorrel and scurvy grass. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude Of the rock-fowl, the puffins fly straight away to the Mediterranean, and the guillemots and razorbills go out to sea and leave their nesting crags. The Naturalist on the Thames The ringed or bridled guillemot also breeds on the cliffs, and a number of other types of northern sea-birds are periodically noticed along these inaccessible Bempton Cliffs. Yorkshire On the way back I shot a brace of guillemots. Pan THE DUCK.—This bird belongs to the order of Natatores, or Swimmers; the most familiar tribes of which are ducks, swans, geese, auks, penguins, petrels, pelicans, guillemots, gulls, and terns. The Book of Household Management A young guillemot was taken from its nest in Aberdeenshire and marked, and less than five months afterwards it was shot in Sweden. Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns The murre and the guillemot do their best to escape their enemies of the land by building high upon inaccessible rock ledges. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations The guillemot makes no nest, merely laying a single egg on a ledge. Yorkshire The earth was resting, vast and peaceful… "I have not heard anything from Herr Mack about the two guillemots I shot," I said to the Doctor. Pan The boy's eyes grew round, and he exclaimed—- "Foolish guillemots' eggs?" The Long Vacation A guillemot skimmed over the water in the same direction as their own, and a tern on curved wing screamed in their wake. Absalom's Hair Thus Graba estimates that about one-fifth of the guillemots in the Faroe Islands consist of a variety so well marked, that it was formerly ranked as a distinct species under the name of Uria lacrymans. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition The ones with thin bills? they are guillemots, “murres” as we call them in Devon: but in some places they call them “marrocks,” from what they say. Madam How and Lady Why A shot, two shots, a brace of guillemots—a fine, a payment. Pan "I won't answer for guillemots," said the General, "but nothing seems to come amiss to Fergus, though his chief turn is for stones." The Long Vacation Ducks and snipe, teal and guillemots were assembled in thousands. The Mysterious Island |
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