458 ALCAD.E. 



NA TA TORES. A LCA DJE. 



THE RINGED GUILLEMOT, 



OR THE BRIDLED GUILLEMOT. 



Uria lacrymans. 



Uria Iacrymans 9 Bridled Guillemot, GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xxii. 

 Guillemot bridt, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. iv 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 



