A HISTORY OF SURREY 



243. Black Guillemot. Uria grylle (Linn.). 



Mr. Stafford records three from the county, 

 at Lambeth, Cranleigh and Guildford ; the 

 first being in the Charterhouse collection. 

 These are the only Surrey records (Bucknill, 

 P- 335)- 



244. Little Auk. Mergulus alle (Linn.). 



Perhaps has occurred more often in the 

 county than any other tempest-borne straggler. 

 It has been recorded from Surrey on about a 

 dozen occasions (Bucknill, p. 336). In some 

 winters the species occurs inland much more 

 frequently than in others. 



245. Puffin. Fratercula arctica (Linn.). 



The puffin has wandered into the county 

 on three or four occasions, being driven inland 

 by rough weather (Bucknill, p. 338). 



246. Great Northern Diver. Colymbus glacia Us, 



Linn. 



A casual visitor of rare occurrence. It has 

 been recorded from the county on about half 

 a dozen occasions, Frensham Pond having 

 supplied three of these examples (Bucknill, 

 P- 339)- 



247. Black-throated Diver. Colymbus arcticus, 



Linn. 



A rare straggler. Has been noticed on two 

 or three occasions only (Bucknill, p. 340). 



248. Red-throated Diver. Colymbus septen- 



trionaltS) Linn. 



Another rare visitor. About a dozen have 

 been observed in Surrey on various occasions ; 

 eight being seen together at Clandon in 1 848, 

 two of which were shot (Bucknilly p. 341). 



249. Great Crested Grebe. Podicipes cristatus 



(Linn.). 



Formerly a tolerably common resident on 

 many of the larger sheets of water in the 

 county, but now restricted as a nesting species 

 to a few secluded or well-protected lakes, such 

 as in Richmond Park, where it now has 

 successfully brought up its young in safety for 

 two successive years, 1899 and 1900. Pro- 

 bably protection has of late seasons slightly in- 



creased its numbers which at one time had 

 almost reached the vanishing-point (Bucknill, 

 P- 342). 



250. Red-necked Grebe. Podicipes griseigena 



(Boddaert). 



A rare straggler, only having been recorded 

 from the county on two or three occasions 

 (Bucknill, p. 346). 



251. Slavonian Grebe. Podicipes auritus 



(Linn.). 



A rare visitor. Only noticed on three 

 occasions in the county (Bucknill, p. 347). 



252. Eared Grebe. Podicipes nigricollis 



(Brehm). 



Another rare straggler. Has been recorded 

 on two or three occasions only (Bucknill, p. 

 347)- 



253. Dabchick or Little Grebe. Podicipes 



fluviatilis (Tunstall). 



A fairly common resident, breeding freely 

 on some of the lakes and rivers of the county 

 and even on the metropolitan park waters, 

 such as those of Kew and Battersea. 



254. Storm-Petrel. Procellaria pelagica, Linn. 



Another weather-borne wanderer. Has 

 occurred several times in the county (Bucknill, 

 P- 35). 



255. Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel. Oceanodroma 



leucorrhoa (Vieillot). 



The same remarks apply to this as to the 

 preceding species (Bucknill, p. 351). 



[Wilson's Petrel. Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl). 



There are specimens in the Charterhouse 

 collection which are stated to have been ob- 

 tained near Godalming, but the evidence for 

 their inclusion in the county list is not, per- 

 haps, on the whole quite satisfactory (Bucknill, 

 P- 352).] 



256. Manx Shearwater. Puffinus anglorum 



(Temminck). 



A storm-driven visitor from the coast. 

 Has been picked up dead or in an exhausted 

 condition in Surrey four or five times (Bucknill, 



P- 349)- 



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