4 Duclicss of Bedford : Nine Days on Grhnsey 



of thousands of sea-birds in the brcediiig-seasoiij even the 

 lower cliff's, which are easily accssdjle and in some places 

 little more than banks, are tenanted by them. Fulmars, 

 Razorbills, Black Guillemots, Kitti wakes, and ]>i'iinnich's 

 (iuillcmots are the most numerous. The last are easily 

 distiuj^uished from their more southern relatives by tlie 

 light line at the edge of the upper mandible and tlicir 

 blacker colour. 



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nre('ding-])l;ice of the Little Auk. 



\n two places at least on the S.E. and S.W. of the island, 

 where the cliffs are much lower and there arc large boulders 

 on the shore, there are breeding-places of the Little Auk. 

 The birds look like miniature Razorbills in flight. They are 

 much shyer than the Puffins, and, if once disturbed, it is a 

 long time before they will settle again even if the observer 

 remains hidden. I do not think there can be many breeding 

 on the island, as I Avatelied them for a long time and never 

 saw more than six flying at one fnoment, and each time tiiat 

 1 returned to the same i)lace 1 saw the same numijcr of 



