i6o Mr. Edioard Bidwell. 



islands, but whilst there Willoughby evidently obtained the 

 information embodied in the seventh chapter of his first book, 

 which I have copied from the English edition, translated by 

 the " illustrious Ray." 



In enumerating the various breeding stations on the British 

 coast he says: — ''The Fame Islands, near a village on the 

 coast of Northumberland called Bambergh, famous for an 

 ancient castle built on a rock, now almost ruined. The birds 

 which chiefly frequent and build upon these islands in summer 

 time are — 



1st. St. Cuthbert's Duck, called by Wormius as I suppose 

 Eider. This is never seen but in breeding time, and as soon 

 as her young ones are hatched takes them to sea, and never 

 looks at land till breeding time next. It is proper to these islands, 

 and breeds nowhere else about England that we know of. 



2nd. Guillemots or Sea Hens, i.e., Lomwice Hoieri. 



3rd. The Scout, i.e., Alka ejusdem. 



4th. Counter-nebs or Coulter-nebs hie dictce, i.e., Anates 

 Arcticce, Cliisins. 



5th. Scarf, i.e., Cormorants, or perhaps Shags. 



6th. Puffinets, which name argues to be Puffins, but the 

 description here given us of them (for we saw not the bird) 

 agrees rather to the Basse Turtle. 



7th. Several sorts of Gulls, viz. : — 



1. Mirecrows, all white bodied, only having black 



heads, and somewhat bigger than Pigeons, by 

 which description we conclude them to be Pewits. 



2. Annett, small white Gulls having only the tips of 



their wings black and the bill yellow ; perhaps 

 the Black-footed Gull. 



3. Pickmires, or Sea Swallows. 



5. Terns, the least sort of Gull, having a forked tail. 

 8th. Sea Plots, i.e., Sea pies, Hccniatopus Bellonii." 

 These birds, whose names sound rather strange to us are 

 perhaps more familiar as — ■ 



ist. St. Cuthbert's Duck The Eider. 



2nd. Guillemots The Guillemot. 



3rd. Skout The Razor Bill. 



4th. Coulter-neb The Puffin. 



5th. Scarf The Cormorant. 



6th. Puffinet The Black Guillemot. 



7th. Gulls 



A Mirecrow The Black-headed Gull. 



Still called the Pewit Gull in many parts of England, and 

 called the Pewit in Willoughby. 

 B Annets The Kittiwake. 



A provincial name still in use in the North of England. 



