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young one, as if it were much afraid. ... I could not see the chick ; 

 but as soon as the old bird reached the water it dived, leaving the little 

 one on the surface. . . . Now, as the old bird and its burthen reached the 

 water within twenty yards of the boat, I had a good opportunity of seeing 

 what took place." 



Mr. John Cordeaux has a series of remarks on Flamborough and its 

 birds, with Guillemots among them (c/*. 'Zoologist,' 1867, 2ad ser. vol. ii. 

 p. 1008 et seq.; continued, 1868, vol. iii. p. 1025; and again, 1871, vol. vi. 

 p. 2822). 



In 'Birds of the Humber District,' p. 185, Mr. Cordeaux says of the 

 common Guillemot (" Flamborough Scout ") : — 



" During the nesting-season it flies daily immense distances to and from 

 its feeding-grounds, Flamborough birds going as far south as the Norfolk 

 and Suffolk coasts, and northward to the Durham coast halfway between 

 the Tees and Tyne, where they are joined by the Farn-Island birds." 



In ' Land and Water,' July 21, 1877, p. 49, we have the following :— 



" Departure of Guillemots. 



"The fishermen tell rae the Guillemots are already leaving this coast 

 by hundreds ; they are coming off with their young, and going to sea ; they 

 generally take a southerly direction. It is wonderful to see them bring down 

 their young from the cliffs so great a distance. Now, when the tides have 

 been great — that is, high spring tides — the sea approaches higher up the 

 cliffs. You will then see them come down by wholesale. Those already off 

 will not pay the cliffs a visit any more this season. 



"Matthew Bailey (Flamborough Head)." 



Mr. Henry Stevenson and Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., have an interesting 



