<3lass II. BLACK GUILLEMOT. 



463 



Uria Grylle. U. corpore atro, 



tectricibus alarum albis. 



Lath. Ind. orn. 797- id. 



Syn. vi. 332. 

 Greenland-dove, or Sea-turtle. 



Wil. orn. 326. 

 Haii Syn. av. 121. 

 Rays itin. 183, 192. 

 Feiste. Gunner, fal. 4. 

 Turtur maritimus insulse Bass. 



Sih. hist. Fife, 46. 

 The Scraber. Martins voy. 



St. Kilda. 32. 

 Cajour, Pynan. N. Com. Petr. 



iv. 418. 



Uria minor nigra, le petit 2. Black. 



Guillemot noir. Brisson av. 



vi. 76. Hist, d'ois. ix. 332. 



Pl.Enl.QM. 

 Colymbus Grylle. Gm. Lin. 



584. 

 Faun. Suec. sp. 148. 

 Islandis Teista. Norvegis Tei- 



ste. Groenlandis Sarpak. 



Brunnich, 113. 

 Groenlandische Taube. Frisch, 



ii. 185. 

 Br. Zool. 138. H. 4. Arct. 



Zool. ii. 229. 



JL HE length of this species is fourteen inches ; D 

 the breadth twenty-two. The bill is an inch and 

 a half long, strait, slender, and black ; the inside 

 of the mouth red ; on each wing is a large bed 

 of white, which in young birds is spotted ; the 

 tips of the lesser quil feathers, and the inner 

 coverts of the wings, are w^hite; except these, 

 the whole plumage is black. In winter it is said 

 to change to white; and a variety spotted with 

 black and white * is not uncommon in Scotland, 

 and has been killed in Anglesey. The tail con- 

 sists of twelve feathers; the legs are red. 

 This bird is found on the Bass isle in Scot- 



* The spotted Greenland Dove of Mr. Edwards, plate 50. 



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