164 A CATALOGUE OF M£E BIliDS 



71. Black Gtjillejiot. U. gkylle, {Linnceus.) 



Uria grylle, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, II., 394. 

 „ Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Biixls, Ed. 2, III., 462. 



A winter visitant, l^ot unfreqnent in severe weather. 



162. MERGULUS, Vieillot. 



72. Little Auk. M. alle, {Linncens.) 



Mergulus alle, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, II., 396. 



,, melanoleucos, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 

 465. 



An irregular winter \dsitant, and certainly rare. 



In JS^ovember, 1841, this species visited our coast in great 

 numbers. They moved in a northerly direction, and continued to 

 pass in detached flocks for several days. In a few days I had 

 sent to me twenty-six specimens. I visited the coast, and saw 

 several flocks passing to the north. 



Specimens are occasionally found lost and bewildered, allow- 

 ing themselves to be taken by the hand, at a considerable distance 

 from the coast, and some are not unfrequently picked up dead. 

 The late Mr. John Laws of Breckney Hill, a pupil of Mr. Thomas 

 Bewick, took one up alive in a turnip field in that locality, ten 

 miles from the sea. 



163. FRATERCULA, Brisson. 



73. Puffin. E. aectica, {Linnceus.) 



Mormon fratercula, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, II., 

 398. 



Fratercula arctica, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 469. 



A resident ; frequent on the coast all the year. It breeds on 

 the Fame Islands. In the first week of June, 1831, in company 

 with Mr. W. C. Hewitson and my brother Albany, we met with 



