IM LESSER GUILLEMOT. Class 1L 



A. Lesser. Uria Troile. ^. U. supra ni- Uria Svarbag. 



gra, subtus genis fasclaque j5/a?zc?f5 Stutnefur, Svartbakur. 



alarum alba. Xa^/^. Jw(^. orn. Ringuia. Brunnich, 'i>io. 110. 



797. id. Syn. vi. 332. Scopoli, No. 103. 



Colymbus minor. Gin. Lin. Br. Zeol. 138. Arct. ZooL ii. 

 585. 231. 



Descrip- XHE weight is nineteen ounces: the length 

 sixteen inches; the breadth twenty-six. The 

 bill two inches and a half long, shaped like that 

 of the preceding species, but weaker. The 

 top of the head, the whole upper part of the 

 body, wings and tail are of a darker color than 

 the former; the cheeks, throat, and all the 

 lower side of the body are white; from the cor- 

 ner of the eye is a dusky stroke, pointing to the 

 hind part of the head ; the tips of the secondary ' 

 feathers white ; the legs are black ; the tail very 

 short, and consists of twelve feathers. 



These birds frequent the fVelsh coasts in the 

 winter time, but that very rarely; where they 

 breed is unknown to us ; having never observed 

 them on the rocks among the congenerous birds. 

 These and the black-billed auks haunt the Firth 

 of Forth during winter in flocks innumerable, 

 in pursuit of sprats. They are called there 

 Morrots: ttey all retire before spring.* 



* Dr. Latham does not allow this to be a distinct species, but 

 merely the young of the preceding. Ed. 



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