LESSER GUILLEMOT. 



coasts, and it is not uncommon to see hundreds sitting 

 upon their eggs on the ledge of a rock, in a line, 

 nearly touching each other : they appear to be a stupid 

 and inactive race, and will suffer themselves to be 

 repeatedly shot at without removing from the spot, 

 notwithstanding their companions drop at every fire : 

 they will often allow themselves to be captured by 

 hand. 



Much contrariety of opinion prevails among na- 

 turalists respecting the distinction of this species from 

 the following ; I have however judged it best to sepa- 

 rate them, as the observations of Montagu, and a 

 transient examination of the specimens preserved in 

 the British Museum, appear to justify that proceeding. 



LESSEIl GUILLEMOT. 



(Uria minor.) 



UB. nigra, subtus genis Jascidque alarum alba. 



Black Guillemot beneath, and with the cheeks and a band on the 



wing white. 



Colymbus minor. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 585. 

 Uria Troile (female). Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 797. 

 Uria Swarbag. Brun. Orn. Boreal, no. 1 10. 

 Lesser Guillemot. Penn.Brit. Zool. 2. 235.pl. 83. Penn. Arct. 



Zool. Sup. p. 69. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 332. Wale. Syn. pi. 97. 



Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. and Sup. Beta. Brit. Birds, 2. 177. 

 Guillemot 4 capuchon (jeune). Temm. man. d'Orn. 607. 



THE lesser Guillemot is in length sixteen inches : 

 its beak is black : irides dusky : the upper part of 



