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Distribution. — British Isles. — Resident. Breeds (end March. -Aug.) 

 suitable cliffs (mainlands and isles) throughout. More plentiful 

 than Razorbill, except in Ireland. Fairly generally distributed in 

 seas autumn and winter (scarce Irish seas winter), and frequently 

 washed up on coasts and occasionally storm-driven inland. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Coasts and islands of north Atlantic, 

 breeding south to north France and small islands off Portugal, and 

 on American side to Newfoundland and Magdalen Islands. In 

 winter south to about 30° north, and in America to Maine. Re- 

 placed b}^ an allied form in north Pacific. 



URIA LOMVIA* 



446. Uria lomvia lomvia (L.)— BRUNNICH'S GUILLEMOT. 



Alca Lomvia Linnseus, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 130 (1758 — X. Europe. 

 Restricted typical locality Greenland, from Linnaevis's last but most 

 definite quotation : Albin, pi. 84). 

 Uria bruennichi Sabine, Yarrell, iv, p. 76 ; Saunders, p. 701. 



Distribution. — Great Britain. — Rare vagrant. Male Scarborough 

 Dec. 7, 1894, male and female Filey (and others reported) Jan., 1895, 

 one near Flamborough Hd., Nov., 1899, one off Scarborough, Oct. 28, 

 1902, and probably one or two others previous to 1894 {Birds Yorks., 

 pp. 724-5). One reported seen Bempton Cliffs (Yorks.) June 27, 

 1909 {Brit. B., iii, p. 91). One Cambs., Jan. 12, 1895 (Saunders, 

 p. 701). One reported seen Fame Isles (Northumberland) June 

 14, 1908 {Brit. B., ii, p. 331). Female, Craigielaw Pt. (Haddington), 

 Dec. 11, 1908 (^.c, ii, p. 425). Others possible Caithness and 

 Suffolk. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Coasts and islands of Arctic Ocean, 

 but even in winter not far south, being only a straggler to North 

 Sea and English Channel, and a very exceptional vagrant inland in 

 Europe, while on American coast it extends south casually to South 

 Carolina, northern Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa. Replaced by Uria 

 lomvia arra in North Pacific, Bering Sea, and on coast of eastern 

 north Siberia. 



URIA GRYLLE 



447. Uria grylle grylle (L.)— THE BLACK GUILLEMOT. 



Alca Grylle Linnteas, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 130 (1758— European 



Arctic Ocean). 



Uria grylle (Linnaeus), Yarrell, iv, p. 81 ; Saunders, p. 703. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Breeds sparsely Isle of Man, and a 

 few places between Solway and Firth of Lome, northwards more 



* The name lomvia antedates hrilnnichii by sixty years. — E.H. 



