454 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



Genus URIA, Brisson. 

 BLACK GUILLEMOT. 



Uria grijlle (Linnaeus). 8.N., i., p. 220 (1766). 



A rare occasional visitor to the coast of Kent. The 

 Rev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, writing in 1844, says : 

 " Of this very rare bird one specimen has been obtained 

 in the parish of Lydd, and is now in Dr. F. Plomley's 

 collection." 



Mr. G. Dowker records that a " young bird was met 

 with by Mr. W. Oxenden Hammond." 



Genus MERGULUS, Vieillot. 

 LITTLE AUK. 



Mergulus alle (Linnaeus). S.N., l, p. 211 (1766). 



During heavy north-easterly gales in winter the Little 

 Auk is driven on to the coast of Kent, and on several 

 occasions it has been found far inland. It is only an 

 accidental visitor to the county. 



Boys includes it in his Birds of Sandwich, 1792. 

 Morris states that " one was shot near Dover in 1840, 

 and many were off the coast in 1841." 



Mr. C. Gordon, waiting on November 24, 1870, says : 

 " A Little Auk was taken last week. Its capture was 

 very singular. A party fishing saw the bird close to the 

 boat, and on throwing the bait for fishing the bird tried 

 to seize it ; the party then threw a bait again towards 



