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divers, particularly in the perfect state of plu- 

 mage. I have a remarkably fine adult specimen 

 which was shot in Chichester Harbour during 

 the winter of 1845. I have seen another in the 

 museum of the Mechanics' Institute at Hastings, 

 which was killed in that neighbourhood ; and a 

 third in the Chichester collection, which was sent 

 from Selsey. Immature birds have frequently 

 been obtained on the coast. 



Ked-throated DiVEU, Colymhus septentrio- 

 nalis. Common along the shores of Sussex during 

 the latter part of winter and early spring, but very 

 few of the examples then observed or procured 

 have the red throat, which is usually characteristic 

 of the breeding- season. 



Family Alcad^. 



Common Guillemot, Uria troile. Provincial, 

 Willock or Willy. Breeds at Beachy Head, but 

 is less abundant there than formerly, Is fre- 

 quently met with in the Channel, a few miles 

 from the shore, during the winter. 



Ringed Guillemot, Uria lacrymans. [In 

 January, 185*3, and in May, during the same year, 

 two guillemots were killed by Mr. Weller near 

 Brighton, having the peculiar white mark or 

 ring round the eyes, which has induced some 



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