xliv NATURAL HISTORT. 



39.— URIA BRUNNICHII {Brunnichs Guillemot). 



URIA BRUNNICHII.— RjcA : Faun. Bor. Amer.—vo\. ii., p. 477. Tcmm.—vo\. ii., p. 924. 



Sab: Trans. Linn. Sac. — vol. xii., p. 538. Supp. to Parry's \st roj/.— p.ccjx. 

 Rich: App. to Parry's 2d Voy. — p. 377. Ross, App. to Parry's Zd Voy.— 

 p. 106; and Parry's Polar Voyage — p. 197. 



Captain Sabine, in his valuable memoir on the birds of Greenland, was the first to 

 point out the mistaken notions of preceding authors with respect to this bird, and to 

 rescue it from the confusion into wliich wrong synonyms and imperfect descriptions had 

 involved it; and in distinguishing it by the name of Brunnich, paid a well-merited tri- 

 bute to the indefatigable research and accuracy in observation of that learned 

 naturalist. 



It abounds in Baffin's Bay, and is found in most parts of the Arctic Seas. I have 

 also met with it at Unst, the northernmost of the Shetland Islands, and in several parts 

 of Scotland ; but it has ever been confounded by authors, with the Uria Troille, which 

 it so nearly resembles. 



Captain Sabine and Brunnich* have clearly marked the distinctive specific 

 characters of this species. 



40._URIA GRYLLE {Black Guillemot). 



URIA GRYLLE.— Bif/i.- Tonn. Bor. Amer.—\o\. ii., p. 478. Temm.—\o\. ii., p. 925. 



Fat ; Faun. Grcenl. — p. 92. Sah : Trans. Linn. Soc. — vol. xii., p. 540. 

 Sab : Supp. to Parry's 1st Voy. — p. ccix. Rich : App. to Parry's 2d Voy. — p. 377. 

 Ross, App. to Parry's 3d Voyage — p. 107 ; and Polar Voyage — p. 197. 

 BLACK GUILLEMOT.— Penn : Brit. Zool.—vo). ii., p. 163. Arct. Zool.— vol ii., p. 516. 



This well-known beautiful little bird is found during the summer months in 

 all parts of the Arctic Seas, and is the only water-fowl that remains in very high 

 northern latitudes throughout the winter. 



* Brunnichii Ornithologia Borealis (Uria Troille), No. 109. 



