Common Murre, plate by John James Audubon
Audubon, Birds of America, plate 218, as “Foolish Guillemot”
Water & shore birds

Common Murre

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“Legal hunting of a relative (Common Murre) in Canada still results in the incidental killing of thousands of Razorbills each year, and tens of thousands are hunted annually in Iceland.”
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Legal hunting of a relative (Common Murre) in Canada still results in the incidental killing of thousands of Razorbills each year, and tens of thousands are hunted annually in Iceland.