Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) 2 As this repair is plaited

As this repair is plaited in the same way as the rest of the strap this seems to have been repaired in the village

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

This one has The grasshopper Orthoptera and the bee Hymenoptera whilst on the reverse are The insects and The insectivores

Red is related to life force and preservation

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 As this repair is plaitedThis 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