Common Puffin Small 320×316 Medium 640×632 Large 1024×1011 Download Tiff Original 2400×2369 | (3.6 MB) Description A bird which nests in holes in the ground. About 12inches long, of a blackish color above, white below, with a black collar and gray face; the bill is a very curious bright red. Keywords Auk, colter neb, sea parrot Galleries Birds: P Source: William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: An encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1889) Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman
