152 RINGED GUILLEMOT. 
In Scotland they have been noticed on the Frith of Forth. 
I am indebted to Mr. Thomas Edward, of Banff, for a notice 
of the occurrence of this species at the rocks of Gamrie, seven 
or eight miles from the former place, in June, 1850; the 
first instance, as he apprehends, of its having been met with 
in Scotland. He has since recorded, in the ‘Banffshire Journal,’ 
another case of its occurrence in Deveron, close to Banff. It 
was taken up in an exhausted and bewildered state, on the 
18th. of February, 1852, after a heavy storm. Several specimens 
have been shot in Orkney. 
In Ireland two individuals had been obtained up to the 
time of my ‘going to press.’ 
These birds associate in small numbers with the other species, 
but they appear of somewhat different habits, though not 
seen by themselves, remaining on the water after the others 
have taken flight, and then resorting rather to diving than to 
fleht for safety. They are altogether birds of the ocean, and 
‘What are the wild waves saying?’ is a question which they 
at all times know the answer to. 
Mr. Strickland states that the bird breeds regularly at 
Flamborough, whence he obtained the egg, but in smaller 
numbers, and in places more difficult of access, than those 
of the Common Guillemot; and he adds that the eggs are 
invariably white. 
It would appear, on the other hand, from some observations 
made by Alfred Newton, Esq., in the ‘Zoologist,’ pages 3495-6, 
quoting from Mr. Proctor, that in the localities where these 
birds and the common species build, those of the species before 
us do so separately, and at a lower elevation. 
This bird is rather less in size than the common one. 
Male; length, about one foot five inches and a half; the bill, 
which is black, is also rather more slender than in the common 
species; iris, dark. ‘The eye in this Guillemot has been noticed 
by John Gatcombe, Esq., of Plymouth, as being considerably 
larger than in the other; it is encircled by a narrow white 
band or rim, from which the white line already spoken of 
extends backwards and downwards about an inch and a half; 
this mark is seen both in old and young birds, in the male 
as well as in the female, and in spring, summer, autumn, and 
winter. Head, crown, neck, nape, chin, and throat, a dark 
dull olive brown black; breast, white; back, dull greyish 
black. 
Gicater and lesser wing coverts, dull greyish black; pri- 
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