LOMVIA. URIA. 207 



Breeds in suitable localities throughout the British Islands, 

 and is found on our coasts throughout the year. It in- 

 habits the northern portions of the Western Palsearctic and 

 Eastern Nearctic Regions. 



Lomvia bruennichi. BKUNNICH'S GUILLEMOT. 



Uria briinnichii, Sabine, Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 538 



(1818). 



Uria arra, Naum. xii. p. 535 ; Harting, p. 166. 



Uria brunnichii, Macg. v. p. 314; Hewitson, jp. 460; Yarr. 



ed. 2, iii. p. 455 ; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 458. 

 Uria brunnichii, Gray, p. 220. 

 Alca bruennichii, Dresser, viii. p. 575. 

 Briinnich's Guillemot, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 348. 



Bruennichi, in honour of Mart. Thrane Briinnich, the author of ' Ornithologia 

 Borealis ' (Hafnite, 1764) &c. (f 



A rare straggler in winter to the northern islands and 

 coasts of Scotland. It inhabits the Arctic regions of Europe 

 and America. 



Genus URIA, Brisson, Ornith. vi. p. 7p (1760). 



Uria = o&pia, a water-bird mentioned by Athenasus, 395 D. ; c/. Sanskrit van 

 = water, ovpov = urine, dpvevrrjp = a diver, Lat. urlnor = I dive, &c. 



Uria grylle. BLACK GUILLEMOT. 



Colymbus Grylle, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 220 (1766). 



Cepphus grylle, Naum. xii. p. 461. 



Uria grylle, Macg. v. p. 331; Hewitson, p. 462; Gray, 



p. 220; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 462; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 465; 



Gould, v. pi. 49; Harting, p. 74; Dresser, viii. p. 581. 

 The Black Guillemot, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 355. 



Grylle = ypvXXtj, the grunting of swine ; ypu'XXos = a pig ; from its note ? 



Breeds on the coasts and islands of Scotland and Ireland, 

 and visits those of England on its partial migration. It in- 

 habits the arctic and temperate portions of Europe and North 

 America. 



