190 the birds of cumberland. 



Genus URIA. 



U. Grylle. Black Guillemot. 



The Black Guillemot is a rare casual visitant 

 to our open seaboard. Two adults, in breeding 

 plumage, were shot in the neighbourhood of St. 

 Bees, in 1862. We have no other notes of its 

 occurrence, which is surprising, as the Black 

 Guillemot " still breeds in small numbers in the 

 Isle of Man." {Yarrell, B. B., Vol. IV, p. 82, 

 4th ed.) 



Genus MERGULUS. 



M. Alle. Little Auk. 



The Little Auk is a rare winter visitant, having 

 occurred in Cumberland in about twenty instances. 

 Specimens have been obtained in a variety of ways, 

 being shot on inland waters, caught in fishing nets, 

 or washed up dead upon the coast after a continued 

 gale. 



A Little Auk, in Mr. Tremble's collection, was 

 caught by a sheep dog in one of the numerous 

 creeks of Burgh marsh ; and on another occasion, 

 Mr. Tremble observed a Little Auk swimming past 

 Burgh marsh point with the tide. The most recent 

 occurrences refer to November, 1883, when a Little 

 Auk was shot on the Eden, near Cargo, and to 

 November, 1884, when an adult was obtained 

 near Brampton, and an immature bird shot whilst 

 swimming in a small inland pond near Cockermouth. 



