76 GUILLEMOT. 



Spitzbergen ;* the Coast of Lapmark ; and along the White and Icy 

 Seas, quite to Katntsehatka, where they are called Am and Kara ; 

 the inhabitants kill them in numbers, for the sake of the flesh, though 

 it certainly is tough and ill tasted ; but more especially for the skins, 

 of which, as well as of other Fowls, they make garments; the eggs, 

 too, are accounted a delicacy .f These birds are not uncommon in 

 various parts of Germany, France, and Italy, and though in general 

 they depart in autumn, a few remain throughout the winter. J 



The Guillemots are found in the Bay of Gibraltar all the winter : as, 

 in the faculty of diving, they are possessed of equal ability, it may be 

 supposed that they migrate with the Auks, from the northern shores, 

 when they depart from them at the end of the summer. Not only 

 this, but the Black Duck, is known by the name of Macreuse, and 

 both equally allowed by the Roman Catholics to be eaten in Lent. 

 It is well known in Newfoundland, and some other parts of North 

 America, but we do not find it very common there; has been met 

 with at Nootka Sound.§ 



A. — Uria Suarbag, Brun. No. 110. 



This has the cheeks and under parts white, with a black line 

 behind the eyes; tips of the tail feathers white. 



B.— Uria Alga, Brun. No. 112. 



Like the last, but the tail feathers wholly black. 



-.* Phipp's Voy. p. 1S7. Common in Iceland. — Hooker's Tour, p. 72. 

 t Hist. Kamts. 154. i Bechstein. Many pass the winter on the Coasts of Italy. 



Arct. Zool. § Cook's last Voy. ii. 352. 



