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in that he writes that the Lord of the Ifland makes fomeprofit yearly of the reliques 

 of the Nefts ufeful for fewel. For thefe kinds of Birds do not make their Nefts of 

 ftraws, fticks, or fuch like combuftible matter, good for fewel $ but either lay 

 their Eggs on the naked rocks, or fpread under them very few ftraws, bents, or fuch 

 like inconfiderable (luff. 



The Birds that chiefly frequent this Ifland that they may breed there are i. Soland Soland Geefe; 

 Geefe, which are proper to the Baffe, not breeding elfewhere about Britain that we 

 know of. When we were there near M\d-Auguft,a.\\ the other Birds were departed,only 

 the Soland Geefe remained upon the Ifland, their young being not yet fully grown 

 and fledg'd. The manner of getting them is by letting down a man in a bas ket by a 

 rope from the top of the Cliff, who gathers the young off the ledges ofrhe Rocks, 

 as they let him down or draw him up. 2. The Turtle-Dove, or Sea-Turtle, fo called 

 here ( as I fuppole ) from fome (imilitude it hath to the Turtle-dove. It is a whole-foot- 

 ed bird, an8, 1 fufpecl:, the lame that we have defcribed un&er the title of the Green- 

 land-dove. This alfo is a bird peculiar to this Ifland. 3. The Scout, which is either the 

 Lomwia, or the Alka of Hoierm : though we believe that both thefe Species breed 

 here. Thefe are found alfo in many, other places about England. 4. The §carf 9 which 

 from the agreement of the name with the Dutch Scharpff, I take to be the Cor- 

 morant. 5. The Cattiwicl^, a fort of fmall Sea-gull, betides many other Species of 

 Gulls. , * 



2. The Tarn Iflands near 1 Village in the Coaft of Northumberland called. Bambergh y 

 famous for all ancient Caftle built on a Rock, now almoit ruined. The Birds which 

 chiefly frequent end build upon thefe Iflands in Summer time are 1. S.Cutberts Duc^ 

 cabled by Wormim, as I fuppofe, Eider. This is never feeri but in breeding time, and 

 as foon as her young ones are hatcht takes them to Sea, and neverjooks at land till 

 breeding time next. It is proper to thefe Iflands, and breeds no where elfe about 

 England, that we know of. 2. Guillemots ox Sea-hens, i.e. Lomwia Hoieri. 3. The 

 £kout, i. e. Alka ejufdem. 4. Counter-nebs ox Coulter-nebs, hie dicl£, i.e. Anates ArBicti 

 Cluf. 5. Scarfs, i. e. Cormorants, or perhaps Shags. 6. Puffinets, which the name ar- 

 gues to-be Puffins: but the deicription here given us of them (for we law not the* 

 bird ) agrees rather to the Baffe-Turtle. 7. Several forts t>f Gulls, viz. 1. Mire-crows, 

 all white-bodied, only having black heads, and fomewhat bigger than Pigeons, by 

 which defcription we conclude them to be Pewits. 1 . Annets, fmall wiite Gulls, ha- 

 ving only the tips of their Wings black 5 and the Bill yellow, perhaps the blackfooted 

 Gull. 3. Pickmires, or Sea-Swallows. 5. Terns, thjM|fert of Gull, having a forked 

 tail. 8.Sea-Piots,i. e. Sea-pies, H<ematopus BeUonii. 



3. The Sea-cliffs about Scarborough, from which were fent us, the Anates Artficd of 

 Clufms, called here Mxjhts. 2. The Alk$ of Hoierus, known here by the fame name 



of Auks. 3. The Tonwwe of the fame Hoierus, named Skguts. Befides doubtlefs there ^ 

 breed many Gulls among thefe fowl. 



4. A noted Ifland not far from Lane after, called the Pile of Foudres; which great 

 flocks of divers forts of Sea-fowl do yearly frequent, and breed there. 



5. The IJle of Man with a little adjacent Met, called the Calf of Man, in which 

 befides Mullets, Razor-bills, and, Guilliams, Englifl) Puffinsbmld in great numbers, and 

 no where elfe about England ( that I know of) but in the Silly Iflands. 



6. Prefiholm,2i fmall uninhabited Ifland near Beaumaris in the Ifle of Anglefey, belong- 

 ing to my Lord Bulkley. On this Ifland build the Anates ArBicx otChfius ( here called 

 Puffins ) Razor-bills, Guilliams, Cormorants, and divers forts of Gulls. ' 



7. Bardfey Ifland, fituate attheutmoft Angle or Promontory of Carnarvanfhire in 

 Wales. ; v v 



8. Lundy Ifland m the Severn-Sea. 



9. The Cliffs by the Sea-fide near Tenby in W ales. 



10. Godreve, an Ifland or rather a Rock, not far from St. Ives in CorttwaU, where 

 Auks and GuiUims, here called Murres and Kiddaws, breed. , \ 



1 1. The Silly Iflands, in the main Sea, abourihirty miles diftant from the Lands end- 

 in Cornwall to the Weft. 



12. Caldey Ifland neaxTenby in Pembroke jhire , in one part whereof we faw Gulls 

 Nefts lying fo thick, that we could fcarce take a ftep without fetting our feet upon 

 one. 



13. The Ifle of Em near Guemfey. 



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