450 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 



* Zoologist ;' but Mr. Henry Milner has kindly informed me that 

 the bird was not found breeding there, and only a single speci- 

 men was purchased on that occasion. 



Uria grylle {Lath.). Black Guillemot. 



Provinces [VI.] [VII.] XII. XIV.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces (17), (18), 25, 28, 29, 30-38. 

 Lat. 54°-61°. " Scottish " type, or Northern. 



In the time of Montagu a few pairs used to breed annually at 

 Tenby ; and it is possible that the bird is not yet extinct in this 

 locality, as Mr. Tracy includes it in his list. Pennant mentions 

 Llandudno and Anglesea; and Mr. J. F. Crellin finds the Black 

 Guillemot breeding in small numbers in the Isle of Man. It 

 breeds also on the east coast of Scotland, at St. Abb's Head {Rev. 

 J. Duns), on the Bass Eock ; on the Isle of May {Sir W. Jar- 

 dine) ; at Stonehaven {Dr. J. A. Smith) ; and is pretty generally 

 distributed in the north and west of Scotland. 



Obs. — The Little Auk {Ardica alle) is recorded as having been 

 seen by Macgillivray on the Bass Rock during the month of 

 May, and was reported to him as breeding at St. Abb's Head ; 

 and in Thompson's/ Birds of Ireland' (vol. iii. p. 220), mention 

 is made of four Little Auks seen at Ailsa Craig on the 19th of 

 May ; but the eggs have not been found in either locality. 



Alca impennis {Linn.). Gare-fowl, or Great Auk. 



Province [XVIII.]. 



Subprovinces (36), (37?). 



Lat. 59°-60°. " Scottish " type, formerly. Not in Ireland. 



Spoken of positively by Martin as having formerly bred on 

 St. Kilda ; and according to the information procured in the Ork- 

 neys by Bullock, and published by Montagu, a pair of this species 

 annually visited Papa Westra up to the year 1812, when the 

 specimen now in the British Museum, and the last observed 

 there, was shot. 



Mr. John Macgillivray, in 1840, found that the bird was well 

 known to the inhabitants of St. Kilda, but had not been observed 

 to breed there for many years back. 



