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Britain and Ireland, the last recorded instance 
being that of one taken off the coast of the County 
of Waterford, and preserved in the collection of 
Dr. Birkitt of Waterford. Itis also said to have 
bred on the island of Saint Kilda, appearing about 
the beginning of May and leaving about the end 
of June. Itdeposited its ege close to the sea mark, 
being unable from the shortness of its wings to 
mount higher. It was naturally a timorous bird, 
incapable, from its structure, of flying, and almost 
of walking, a circumstance which, together with 
the fact of its laying only asingle ege, may in some 
measure account for its extinction. Its solitary egg, 
which was about six inches long, was of a dirty 
white colour, streaked with lines of a purple hue, 
and blotched with dark rusty spots at the larger 
end. 
SN Si eal oa Bd lo 
Uria aie, Lemm. 
This species, as may be surmised from its appel- 
lation, is very minute compared with the preceding 
one, being only about nine inches long. It visits 
this country at uncertain periods during the winter 
season, and is not unfrequently driven in stormy 
weather a considerable distance inland. It is an 
inhabitant of northern latitudes during summer, 
being found in great numbers in Baffin’s Bay, 
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