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dence of the Red Throated individual being a female- They have likewise 

 been shot in company in the spring. (Mont. Orn. Diet. SuppU and Edin. 

 Phil. Journ. vol. viii. 299.) These circumstances seem calculated to excite 

 more inquiry respecting the specific characters of the species of the genus. 



Gen. XCV. URIA. Guillemot. — Bill straight, compres- 

 sed, pointed, margins incurved ; the upper mandible, A\ith 

 a distinct terminal notch. 



214. U. Troile. Foolish Guillemot. — Head, neck, and 

 throat, dull blackish-brown ; above, brownish-black ; breast and 

 belly white. 



Lavy, Martin's St Kilda, 59. — Lomwia Insulae Farrae, Will. Om. 244. 



Stbb. Scot. 20 Col. Troile, Linn. Syst. i. 220. Penn. Brit. Zool. IL 



519.— Uria Tr. Temm. Orn. ii. 921 — 'e, Guilem, Guillemot, Sea Hen, 

 Skout, Kiddaw, Murse, Willoch, Tinkershere — S, INIarrot, Skutock ; 

 W, Gwilym ; N. Lungy — Common on all the coasts. 

 Length 1 8, breadth 28 inches ; weight 24 ounces. Bill black; from the 

 nostrils to the tip an inch and a half; gape 3 inches ; inside orange. Tongue 

 nearly the length of the bill, pointed. Vermiform appendages, short, point- 

 ed. Legs, behind, and soles, black ; before and above, yellowish-brown. Pri- 

 maries pale towards the base ; the secondaries tipped with white. Tail short 

 and rounded, of 12 feathers. In winter the black on the throat and fore-neck 

 is replaced by white, and the plumage above has a greyish tinge. Female 

 less. — Nest on the ledge of a rock on the shore. Egg 1, gi-eenish, blotched 

 with dusky. — Young with the bill short ; sides and front of the neck whitish 

 like the old birds in their winter garb. In this state it is the Lesser Guille- 

 mot of British writers. 



It is probable that the Uria Brunnichii {Temm. Orn. ii. 924.), may occur 

 during the winter season, especially among the northern islands. The dilat- 

 ed broad base of the biU, and the white of the belly extending to an arrow- 

 shaped point on the fore-neck, may serve to distinguish it. The throat, how. 

 ever, probably becomes white in winter. 



Gen. XCVI. CEPHUS. Scraber.— Bill longer than the 

 head ; upper mandible destitute of the terminal notch. 



215. C. Grylle. Common Scraber. — Bill straight, narrow ; 

 wing-covers forming a large white spot. 



Scraber, Martbi's St Kilda, 58 — Columba Groenlandica, Will. Om. 245. 



Sibb. Scot. 20 Col. Grylle, Liim. Syst. i. 220. Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 



621.^Uria Gr. Temm. Orn. ii. 925 — E, Greenland Dove, Sea Turtle ; 



iS", Scraber, Toyst, Tystie — Common. 

 Length 14, breadth 22 inches; weight 14 ounces. Bill black, an inch and 

 a half long. Mouth and legs orange. Irides hazel. Plumage black, except 

 the large wdng spot and tips of the secondaries, which are white. Tail of 12 

 feathers. In winter the plumage becomes mottled with white. In Greenland 

 it becomes whoUy white, as was pointed out to me by Sir Charles Giesecke, 

 in the collection of the Dublin Society, in a sjiecimen which he brought from 

 that country. In this state, it is the Spotted Guillemot of Pennant. Female 

 similar Nest on ledges of rocks; chiefly in caves. Egg 1, white, with black 



