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during the summer,* and I have examined one obtained there, 

 as also an immature specimen killed early in August 1903, 

 none of the present cliff-climbers or other residents of the 

 district have any recollection of the Black Guillemot breeding 

 there, and it must now be counted amongst those species, 

 which — like the Cormorant and the Shag — have ceased 

 to inhabit the Flamborough range. 



This is not at any time an abundant species, being generally 

 known as a rather rare autumn or winter visitant to the 

 coast line, and chiefly in immature plumage. It occurs spar- 

 ingly at most of the coast stations between Bridlington 

 and the Teesmouth, at dates varying from September to 

 January, and, on one occasion at least, a young bird has been 

 shot in August at Flamborough. 



In the adult plumage it is very rare ; one was storm- 

 driven and captured alive at Redcar on 6th March 1883 ; 

 at Whitby another was reported on 30th August 1888 ; a 

 pair in the York Museum were procured at Flamborough ; 

 I have seen one taken at that place in 1900, and also one 

 obtained in Bridlington Bay, and now in the possession of 

 Mr. T. Machen. 



PUFFIN. 

 Fratercula arctica (L.). 



Resident, nesting in large numbers on the Flamborough cliffs ; 

 the latest of the rock-breeding fowl to arrive ; departs in mid-August, 

 the majority retiring far out to sea. 



The first record of the Puffin, as a Yorkshire bird, is found 

 in Willughby's " Ornithology," where it is described thus : — 

 " The Bird called Coulterneb at the Fame Isles .... at 

 Scarborough, Mullet .... They breed yearly in great num- 

 bers .... by the sea-side about Scarborough. . . . Mr. Fr. 

 Jessop sent us one killed in the fresh waters not far from 



* Nat. 1896, p. 302 ; 1897, p. 238. 

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