208 alcidjE. 



Genus MERGULUS, Vieillot, Anal. p. 67 (1816). 



Mergultis = the little diver, mergus. 



Mergulus alle. Little Auk. 

 Alca Alle, Linnceus, S.N. i. p. 211 (1766). 



Mergulus alle, Naum. xii. p. 552 j Macg. v. p. 341 ; Gould, v. 



pi. 50; Dresser, viii. p. 591. 

 Arctica alle, Hewitson, p. 465 ; G^-ay, p. 221 . 

 Mergulus melanoleucos, Yarr. ed. 3, iii. p. 465 ; id. ed. 3, iii. 



p. 468. 

 Alca alle. Hurting, p. 71. 

 The Little Auk, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 358. 



Alle, the Lapp name of the Long-tailed Duck ; of. Swedish Al-fogel ; perhaps 

 from the bird's note. 



An irregular visitant, sometimes in large numbers, to the 

 British coasts, especially in the north. It inhabits the cir- 

 cumpolar regions of the western Palaearctic and eastern 

 Nearctic Regions, straggling southwards in winter. 



Genus FRATERCULA, Brisson, Ornith. vi. p. 81 (1760). 



Frdtercula, as if from fraterculiis = a little brother, frater. The mediseTal 

 name, from its gregarious habits. 



Fratercula arctica. Puffin. 



Alca arctica, Linnmus, S.N. i. p. 211 (1766). 

 Luuda arctica, Naum. xii. p. 577. 

 Mormon arcticus, Macg. v. p. 365. 

 Fratercula arctica, Hewitson, p. 466 ; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 469 ; 



id. ed. 3, iii. p. 472 ; Gould, v. pi. 51 ; Harting, p. 70; 

 Dresser, viii. p. 599. 

 H'ratercula ai'ctica et glacialis. Gray, p. 218. 

 The Puffin, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 362. 



Arctica = inhabiting the northern regions. 



Breeds in suitable localities all round the coasts of the 

 United Kingdom, migrating southwards in winter. It in- 

 habits the coasts of North-western Europe and Eastern 

 North America. 



