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THE BLACK (iUILLEMOT. 



Uria grvlle (Linnreus). 



The Black Guillemot is chiefly an inhabitant of our northern 

 waters, and its occurrences on the east coast of England or as far 

 south as the Channel are infrequent, even in winter. At the present 

 day it is not known to breed in Wales or in Cumberland, though a 

 few pairs still (188S) resort to the Isle of Man ; but across the Irish 

 Sea it is^or was^ — found sparsely on the rocky portions of cos. 

 Dublin and Wicklow, as well as in co. AVaterford, and becomes more 

 numerous in the western and northern districts of the sister island. 

 In Scotland, it appears to have abandoned, of late years, some 

 localities on the east side where it formerly nested : but it is common 

 about the red sandstone cliffs near Duncansby Head in Caithness, 

 as well as on the west coast of Sutherland, while it may be called 

 abundant in the Hebrides — especially on the Ascrib Islands in Loch 

 Snizort, Skye ; it is likewise plentiful in the Orkneys and the Shet- 

 lands, where it is generally known as the ' Tystie.' 



This species breeds in the Frerocs, Scandinavia, Denmark, and 



