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Guillemot appeared again in exactly the same place, and behaved 

 with the same tameness, though constantly chased by boatmen, 

 and living amidst the noise and bustle of the " visitors' season." 



Little Auk, Mergulus alle. — On January 26th, 1890, one, 

 seemingly just dead, was cast ashore at Onchan Harbour, near 

 Douglas. In November, 1890, another was washed ashore at 

 Peel. 



Puffin, Fratercula arctica. — Great numbers breed about the 

 Calf Sound. 



Ked-throated Diver, Colymbus septentrionalis. — In September 

 or October, 1890, one was seen swimming in Douglas Bay, and 

 was eventually killed near one of the piers. This bird was in 

 beautiful plumage, complete grey head and red throat, hardly 

 spotted on the back. Several divers frequented the bay during 

 the winter of 1890-91. 



NOTES ON THE SEAL AND WHALE FISHEEY, 1891. 

 By Thomas Southwell. 



It was my intention, having contributed these " Notes on the 

 Seal and Whale Fishery " for ten consecutive years, to have given 

 a summary of the results, and finally discontinued them; but the 

 critical state of the Greenland Fishery renders the present time 

 unfavourable for such a conclusion. It is probable that the Whaling 

 trade from Peterhead is doomed to speedy extinction, and that, at 

 the port which for so many years took the leading part in the 

 Greenland Fishery, this once important industry will soon be only 

 a tradition. As with a species, so with an ancient industry 

 threatened with extinction, it seems highly desirable that the 

 time and circumstances of such extinction should be chronicled, 

 however imperfectly, and I am induced to record yet one more 

 step of its downward course. 



The want of success in recent years does not seem to arise 

 entirely from the unsuitable character of the ice, or the prevalence 

 of winds unfavourable to the fishery, although in both these 

 respects there has been a singular run of ill-luck ; nor does it 

 arise from the oft-repeated but erroneous statement that the 

 Whales have been driven farther north, where the ships cannot 

 follow them, for the Whales have not altered their line of 



