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4. Brunnich's guillemot. 



5. The black guillemot. 



6. The little auk. 



7. The puffin. 



The great auk is extinct. The last specimen 

 obtained in Britain was over sixty years ago, 

 the last foreign one over fifty years. But two 

 specimens of this bird exist in Britain, viz., one 

 in the British Museum, and one in the museum 

 of Trinity College in Dublin. 



It is very doubtful if Brunnich's guillemot can 

 be included in the list of British birds. 



Of the seven birds included in the foregoing- 

 list, the following are residents in Britain : 



1. The razorbill. 



2. The common guillemot. 



3. The black guillemot. 



4. The puffin. 



The little auk is a winter visitor. 



The peculiar shape of its bill, from which its 

 name is derived, is, apart from any other char- 

 acteristics, sufficient for the identification of the 

 razorbill. The bill is large and powerful, the 

 upper portion curved downwards, though not 

 overlapping the lower, rising in a very distinct 

 curve, with three grooves across it, and a curved 

 white line across the centre on either side, and 

 running upwards to the centre of the front portion 

 of the eyelid. It is a bird which is common on 

 almost every portion of the British coast wherever 



