2.30 SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE. 



authors to consider tliis bird specifically distinct 

 from tlie common guillemot.— 3rd edition.] 



Little Auk, Mergulus alle: Occasionally 

 driven to our coasts by severity of weather. In 

 the autumn of 1841 several were killed. On the 

 5th of November, in the same year, one was 

 caught in a shrimp-net, near Cnckmere Haven; 

 and after a violent storm in December, 1848, a 

 specimen was captured at Newhaven. 



Puffin or Coulterneb, Fratercula arctica. 

 Provincial, Sea Parrot. These birds have no 

 breeding -station on the coast of Sussex, but 

 emigrants from the Isle of Wight occasionally 

 visit our shores. These are generally immature 

 birds. 



Razor-bill, Alca tor da. Provincial, Parrot- 

 billed Willock or Willy. Breeds at Beachy Head. 

 During winter great numbers are killed a few 

 miles at sea, oft' Hastings. 



Family Pelecanid^. 



Common Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carho. 

 Provincial, Seaford Shag. A small colony is 

 established at Seaford Clift" during the breeding- 

 season. Strago'lers from the Isle of Wight con- 

 tinually pass along the coast, and a bird of this 

 species now and then makes his appearance on 



