RINGED GUILLEMOT. 



NAT A TO RES. 



461 



ALCADJE. 



THE RINGED GUILLEMOT, 



OR THE BRIDLED GUILLEMOT. 



Uria lacrymans. 



Uria lacrymans, Bridled Guillemot, GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Guillemot Bride, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 577. 



OF this Guillemot Mr. Gould observes, in his Birds of 

 Europe above quoted, "Although we have figured this bird 

 under the name of lacrymans, we are doubtful of its specific 

 value, bearing as it does so close a resemblance to the 

 common species, Uria troile, and from which it differs only 

 in the white mark which encircles the eyes, and passes 

 down the sides of the head. It inhabits the same lo- 

 calities, and is often found in company with the common 

 species, and that too on various parts of our coast, par- 

 ticularly those of Wales, where, we have been informed, 

 both kinds are equally numerous. It was first described as 

 distinct by Choris, who states that it is abundant at Spitz- 

 bergen, and the neighbouring seas. By M. Temminck and 

 the French naturalists the two birds are considered to be 

 distinct, and as such we have figured them." 



Examples of the Ringed Guillemot have been taken in 



