murre

This Pacific form of the common Murre is the most abundant breeding bird on the Farallones.
The Bird Book|Chester A. Reed
They breed on the same islands in company with the common Murre and their eggs are indistinguishable.
The Bird Book|Chester A. Reed
Murrain (or morena in Latin chronicles) is probably the modern survival of mure or murre.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton
The murre does not fly high, nor is it a very active bird, or apparently of long flight.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands|Charles Nordhoff

The gull begins to lay about the middle of May, and usually ten days before the murre.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands|Charles Nordhoff

British Dictionary definitions for murre

murre

/ (mɜː) /

noun

US and Canadian any guillemot of the genus Uria

Word Origin for murre

C17: origin unknown

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