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1872, in Torbay, where, however, according to the 

 late Mr. Gurney, this variety is extremely rare. 

 The Torquay Museum contains two interesting 

 white varieties of the Guillemot, killed in that 

 locality. 



BLACK GUILLEMOT.— f/na grylle (Linn). 



A RAEE visitant to the South Coast of Devon, not 

 yet reported from the northern sea-board. In 

 December, 1862, a single bird was shot in Plymouth 

 Sound, eliciting from Mr. Eeading the comment : 

 ''This species is a rare bird in Devonshire; the 

 specimen that has recently occurred is an old bird 

 in winter plumage " (Zool. 1863, p. 8448). Similarly 

 Mr. Gatcombe writes that a bird of the year, shot 

 in Plymouth Sound, December, 1886, was the only 

 specimen he remembered having seen in the locality 

 (Zool. 1887, p. 378). The Black Guillemot has also 

 been shot in Torbay and on the Exe. 



LITTLE K\JK.—Mergulus alle (Linn). 



A RARE winter visitant, but one or two are recorded 

 from some part of the county almost every winter, 

 and that of 1889-90 was no exception to the rule. 

 Gatcombe met with specimens in the neighbourhood 

 of Plymouth on a few occasions, between the 

 months of October and March, generally after 

 severe gales. Others have been taken inland, or on 

 the coast, as at Kingsbridge, Slapton Ley, and in 



