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RED-THROATED DIVER, Colymbus septentrio- 

 nalis. Common along the shores of Sussex during 

 the latter part of winter and early spring, but very 

 few of the examples then observed or procured 

 have the red throat, which is usually characteristic 

 of the breeding-season. 



Family ALCAD^E. 



COMMON GUILLEMOT, Uria troile. Provincial, 

 Willock or Willy. Breeds at Beachy Head, but 

 is less abundant there than formerly. Is frequently 

 met with in the Channel, a few miles from the 

 shore, during the winter. 



LITTLE AUK, Mergulus alle. Occasionally dri- 

 ven to our coasts by severity of weather. In the 

 autumn of 1841 several were killed. On the 5th 

 of November, in the same year, one was caught 

 in a shrimp-net, near Cuckmere Haven ; and after 

 a violent storm in December, 1848, a specimen 

 was captured at Newhaven. 



PUFFIN or COULTERNEB, Fratercula arctica. 

 Provincial, Sea Parrot. These birds have no 

 breeding-station on the coast of Sussex, but emi- 

 grants from the Isle of Wight occasionally visit 

 our shores. These are generally immature birds. 



RAZOR-BILL, Alca torda. Provincial, Parrot- 

 billed Willock or Willy. Breeds at Beachy Head. 



