We met with vast numbers of puffins, cormorants, and sea-gulls, which inhabit the cliffs of the island; and we obtained some good specimens of their eggs.  The most curious were those of the guillemot, which, though little larger than the puffin, have eggs as large as those of geese. They are white, chocolate, or verdigris green, covered with curious figures and dashes; and it is said that, notwithstanding the number collected, no two have ever been found exactly alike.  We took on board a number of eggs to eat.  The yolk is a deep red, and the white transparent.  The egg of the cormorant is but little larger than that of a pigeon.  All these eggs are laid on ledges of the rocks.  Being small at one end and large at the other, the wind rolls them round, but does not blow them over the edge.