152 BILGED GUILLEMOT. 



In Scotland they have been noticed on the Frith of Forth. 

 I am indebted to Mr. Thomas Edward, of Banff, for a notice 

 of the occurrence of this species at the rocks of Gamrie, seven 

 or eight miles from the former place, in June, 1850; the 

 first instance, as he apprehends, of its having been met with 

 in Scotland. He has since recorded, in the 'BanfFshire Journal,' 

 another case of its occurrence in "Deveron, close to Banff. It 

 was taken up in an exhausted and bewildered state, on the 

 18th. of February, 1852, after a heavy storm. Several specimens 

 have been shot in Orkney. 



In Ireland two individuals had been obtained up to the 

 time of my 'going to press.' 



These birds associate in small numbers with the other species, 

 but they appear of somewhat different habits, though not 

 seen by themselves, remaining on the water after the others 

 have taken flight, and then resorting rather to diving than to 

 flight for safety. They are altogether birds of the ocean, and 

 'What are the wild waves saying?' is a question which they 

 at all times know the answer to. 



Mr. Strickland states that the bird breeds regularly at 

 Flamborough, whence he obtained the egg, but in smaller 

 numbers, and in places more difficult of access, than those 

 of the Common Guillemot; and he adds that the eggs are 

 invariably white. 



It would appear, on the other hand, from some observations 

 made by Alfred Newton, Esq., in the 'Zoologist,' pages 3495-6, 

 quoting from Mr. Proctor, that in the localities where these 

 birds and the common species build, those of the species before 

 us do so separately, and at a lower elevation. 



This bird is rather less in size than .the common one. 

 Male; length, about one foot five inches and a half; the bill, 

 which is black, is also rather more slender than in the common 

 species; iris, dark. The eye in this Guillemot has been noticed 

 by John Gatcombe, Esq., of Plymouth, as being considerably 

 larger than in the other; it is encircled by a narrow white 

 band or rim, from which the white line already spoken of 

 extends backwards and downwards about an inch and a half; 

 this mark is seen both in old and young birds, in the male 

 as well as in the female, and in spring, summer, autumn, and 

 winter. Head, crown, neck, nape, chin, and throat, a dark 

 dull olive brown black; breast, white; back, dull greyish 

 black. 



Greater and lesser wing coverts, dull greyish black; pri- 



