460 Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



URIA GRYLLE (Lath.}. Black Guillemot. 



Provinces [VI.] [VII.] XII. XIV.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces [17), (18), 25, 28, 29, 30-38. 

 Lat. 54-61. " Scottish " type, or Northern. 



In the time of Montagu a few pairs used to breed annually at 

 Tenby ; and it is possible that the bird is not yet extinct in this locality, 

 as Mr. Tracy includes it in his list. Pennant mentions Llandudno and 

 Anglesea ; and Mr. J. F. Crellin finds the Black Guillemot breeding in 

 small numbers in the Isle of Man. It breeds also on the east coast of 

 Scotland, at St. Abb's Head (Rev. J. Duns), on the Bass Rock; on 

 the Isle of May (Sir W. Jar dine) ; at Stonehaven (Dr. J. A . Smith); 

 and is pretty generally distributed in the north and west of Scotland. 



Obs. The Little Auk (Arctica alle) is recorded as having been 

 seen by Macgillivray on the Bass Rock during the month of May, and 

 was reported to him as breeding at St. Abb's Head ; and in Thompson's 

 ' Birds of Ireland ' (vol. iii. p. 220) mention is made of four Little Auks 

 seen at Ailsa Craig on the 19th of May ; but the eggs have not been 

 found in either locality. 



ALCA IMPENNIS (Linn.). Gare-fowl, or Great Auk. 



Province [XVIII.]. 



Subprovince (36), (37?). 



Lat. 59-60. " Scottish " type, formerly. Not in Ireland. 



Spoken of positively by Martin as having formerly bred on St. Kilda; 

 and according to the information procured in the Orkneys by Bullock, 

 and published by Montagu, a pair of this species annually visited Papa 

 Westra up to the year 1812, when the specimen now in the British 

 Museum, and the last observed there, was shot. 



Mr. John Macgillivray, in 1840, found that the bird was well known 

 to the inhabitants of St. Kilda, but had not been observed to breed there 

 for many years back. 



FRATERCULA ARCTICA (Illig.). Common Puffin. 



Provinces I. II. [III.] VI. VII. X.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 1, 2, 4, 5, (7), 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30-38. 



Lat. 50-61. " British" type, or general. 



Montagu tells us that the Puffin used formerly to breed in the cliffs 

 of Dover. It still breeds in small numbers in the Isle of Wight, and is 

 to be found on most of our rocky shores during the nesting-season. As 

 with many other sea-birds, I have no authority for its breeding in Sub- 

 province 29. 



ALCA TORDA (Linn.). Razor-bill. 



Provinces I. II. [III.] VI. VII. X.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-6, (7), 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30-38. 

 Lat. 50-61. " British " type, or general. 



