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THE PUFFIN. 



seen during the excursion." ^ Writing of a visit to St. Abb's 

 Head on the 20th of June 1851, Mr. Archibald Hepburn 

 says regarding this bird that " only about a dozen pairs 

 annually build in crevices in the Foul Carr."^ In 1855 

 and 1857 Mr. Hardy noted from local information that 

 three or four pairs then nested at St. Abb's Head. 



In an interesting paper on " St. Abb's Head and its 

 Bird-Life," ^ Mr. Harvie-Brown includes the Puffin in a list 

 of species at the end of the paper, but he does not say that 

 he saw it breeding when he visited that well-known haunt 

 of sea-fowl on the 25th of July 1880. 



This bird flies very swiftly and is an expert diver, using 

 its wings when under water in the same way as in the air. 

 Its food consists of small fishes, molluscs, and other marine 

 animals. 



1 Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, vol. i. p. 19. 2 tt,/,?. vol. iii. p. 74. 



3 Read to the Natural History Society of Glasgow, 26th April 1881. 



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