Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) 2 The scene depicted on this

The scene depicted on this egg is of a forest scene with trees and grasses

Unfortunately the lighting on the photographs did not show the colour off to it's best

These bones were part of a collection from a medical school museum

This specimen has been double injected to highlight both the arteries and the veins which have also been labelled

Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) 2 The scene depicted on thisThis 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