9246 Birds. 
landing. I saw this bird swimming, evidently with great ease and 
dexterity, in a pool of water left amongst the rocks by the receding 
tide. 
Dunlin. Saw several small flocks, both on the north and south shore, 
near Bridlington Quay. 
Common Coot. Several seen on Hornsea Mere. 
Black Scoter. One seen; it was flying close in shore. 
Great Crested Grebe. I saw three, one male and two females, on 
Hornsea Mere, also a young bird, covered with down, swimming and 
diving in company with the old birds. The upper parts of the young 
bird striped with light brown; under parts gray. 
Redthroated Diver. I saw one, in the possession of Mr. Bayley, of 
Flamborough, shot off the coast that morning (July 26th); a remark- 
ably fine bird, the throat showing a slight trace of the red feathers. 
Common Guillemot. Exceedingly numerous; more commonly seen 
than any other bird. 
Ringed Guillemot. Scarce. Out of many hundreds of guillemots 
which, with the aid of a powerful landscape-glass, I examined from 
the cliff-top, I only detected one of this closely allied species. I had 
a most distinct and perfect view of the bird, which was certainly not 
more than eighty yards from my position. It was sitting on a ledge 
of the opposite cliff, in company with several of the common guille- 
mot. One of the principal bird-stuffers in the neighbourhood told me 
that, on the average, two or three of this species pass through his 
hands, for preservation, every year; this year, so far, he has only had 
one. The ringed guillemot is well known to the Flamborough boat- 
men, and several have been seen by them this season. The eggs are 
said to be ¢nvariably white, or nearly so: of two which I saw in the 
possession of an egg-collector, one was white, the other e«hite— 
marked, however, with a few slight brown streaks round the thick 
end. [See ante p. 9241.—Edward Newman. ] 
Puffin. Numerous. The eggs of the puffin are extremely difficult 
to procure from the cliffs, as, according to their usual habit, they 
deposit their eggs at the very end of the deep and narrow crevices 
which penetrate these rocks. 
Razorbill. Common, but in much less numbers than either the 
puffins or guillemots. 
Common Cormorant. Formerly bred at Flamborough; only one 
seen. It was about one hundred yards from the shore, and busily 
engaged in fishing. I counted slowly thirty-six to forty during the 
time the bird dived to its reappearance again. 
