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Hewitson, in 1856, says it has no such claim ; but the vexed 

 question was put finally to rest by Harvey Browne and 

 Buckley in their " Fauna of the Outer Hebrides," when they 

 observed bridled birds paired with typical, and both bridled 

 males treading typical females, and vice versa, also a bridled 

 bird feed a young one which was under the wing of a 

 typical bird. In face of all this evidence I regret to find a 

 writer, in a letter to the Spectator on 1st June, 1889, 



Fig. 3. — Guillemots on Hateley Shoot. 



stating that the Ringed Guillemot is found breeding in small 

 numbers on our cliffs, and that it breeds true. 



The proportion of bridled birds on the Hebrides is about 

 one in five, whilst on our cliffs the climbers sometimes do 

 not see one all day. In looking over some thousands of 

 birds with powerful glasses on 19th January, 1902, I could 

 only find one Bridled Guillemot amongst them, and but two 

 birds with white patches on the neck. 



The Guillemot spends the winter on the open sea, and 

 begins to revisit the haunts of its youth about Christmas 



