248 BIRD-LIFE IN A SOUTHERN COUNTY. 



Guillemot was obtained in Tor Bay in December 

 1883. It came into the possession of my late old 

 friend Else. It is a perfectly white bird, and so far 

 as we know a unique specimen. Else mounted 

 it with special care, and it is now one of the 

 treasures in the Torquay Museum. In connection 

 with this, it is interesting to remark that a white 

 Guillemot was seen at the Fame Islands during 

 June and July 1881 : possibly this may have been 

 the identical bird shot in Tor Bay a couple of years 

 later. Curiously enough, a sand-coloured example 

 was obtained in Tor Bay at a later date, shot by 

 Else himself, and this too may be seen in the 

 same fine collection of local birds. The Black 

 Guillemot is only an occasional visitor to our 

 local waters, but Tor Bay is one of the favoured 

 localities for it. This species, of course, does not 

 breed anywhere round the coast of Devon or 

 Cornwall ; in fact, as some readers are doubtless 

 aware, its only English nesting place is on the 

 Isle of Man. It is a common bird, however, in 

 Scotland, where we have had a considerable 

 experience of it during the breeding season. It 

 is somewhat singular that we so rarely see the 

 Puffin in South Devon. This comical little bird 



