Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) Chicago Illinois and on the

Chicago Illinois and on the other it has MDI printed in France

5cm deep and weighs 1100 grams

The razorbill is a colonial species that only comes ashore to breed

These were carved by the tribes that lived along the Pacific North West Coast of the US and Canada and were sold as tourist souvenirs to generate income

Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) Chicago Illinois and on theThis is a skull of the common guillemot, also known as the common murre Uria aalge. This species is a large member of the Auk family with circumpolar distribution of the sub species in the Northern waters. They breed in huge colonies with a density of up to 20 pairs on one square metre of rock. They are expert divers with diving depths of 180m being recorded in search of food. This specimen was from a dead bird washed up on the shore. It is a very