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to Sptfhergen *, the coaft of Lapnark, and along the White and 

 Icy Sea, quite to Kamtfchatka. Is frequently met with on the 

 coafts of Italy in the winter f. It is alfo known in Newfound- 

 land, and in a few parts of the continent of North America, but has 

 not hitherto been talked of as common. Our laft voyagers met 

 with it on the coaft north of Nootka Sound \. 



It is known by feveral names ; by the Welch, Guillem : at 

 Northumberland and Durham, Guillemot, or Sea-hen : in YorkJhire>. 

 a Scout: by the Cornijb, Kiddaw : and in the fouthern parts, Wil- 

 lock. In Kamtfchatka it is called Aru or Kara. The inhabitants 

 of the laft kill them in numbers for the fake of their fiefh, though 

 it is certainly very tough and ill-tafted ; but more efpecially for 

 their fkins, of which, as of other fowls, they make garments: the 

 eggs are alfo accounted a great delicacy §. 



Ringula, Brim. N° no. 111.— Stop. Ann. i. N° 103. 2# 



Leffer Guillemot, Br. Zool. N° 235. pi. 83. fig. t. +• LESSER G. 



Lev. Muf. 



'T'HIS is lefs than the foolifh Guillemot: its length fixteen Description. 



inches : breadth twenty-fix : weight nineteen ounces. Bill 

 two inches and a half, black : the top of the head, taking in the 

 eyes, the hind part of the neck, the back, wings, and tail, are 

 black ; behind the eye continued in a ftreak on each fide : the 

 greater wing coverts tipped with white, forming a narrow band 

 on the wings : the fides of the head beneath the eye, and all the 

 under parts, white : legs black. 



* Pbypps Voy. p. 187. f Art!. Zool. J Cook's lajl Foy. vol. ii. p. 352. 



% Eift. Kamtfcb.. p. 154. 



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