Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) The razorbill is a colonial

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

The colour and patina of the bones show that this is an old example

The “strap” from which the ornament is hung around the neck has broken over the years and has been repaired using more recent string

The colour red is auspicious in Tibetan culture

Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) The razorbill is a colonialThis 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