400 DIVERS. 



appear from the shores of Britain, and are seen in winter on 

 the coasts of the Baltic, Holland, France, along the borders 

 of the Atlantic, and as far southward as Italy. Many of the 

 young, as well as old birds of this species, also, bred in colder 

 latitudes, migrate in winter along the coasts of Norway, Hol- 

 land, and England, seeming as it were to fill up the place of 

 those which have left their native shores for still milder 

 climates. 



The inhabitants of Kamtschatka kill the Murres in great 

 numbers for the sake of their flesh, though it is said to be 

 tough and ill tasting, but more especially for their skins, of 

 which, as of other fowls, they make garments ; but the eggs 

 are everywhere accounted as a dehcacy. This bird is called 

 by the Welsh Guillem, and in the southern parts of England 

 Willock. 



During very recent years it has been discovered that the " Com- 

 mon " Guillemot is a decidedly uncommon bird on our shores, if 

 not quite rare ; it has been confused with Brunnich's, which it very 

 closely resembles. The present species is credited with breeding 

 from the Bay of Fundy to the Frozen Ocean; but Mr. Hagerup 

 considers it rare in south Greenland, while Kumlien reported find- 

 ing Guillemots " breeding by thousands " on the Greenland coast. 



A few of these birds are found o£E the New England shores in 

 winter. 



