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  along 
  the 
  coast, 
  the 
  chief 
  stations 
  being 
  Fowls 
  -heugh, 
  

   the 
  Rock 
  of 
  Dunbuy, 
  and 
  Troup 
  Head. 
  

  

  [Alca 
  impennis, 
  Linn. 
  Great 
  Auk. 
  Gare-fowl. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  New 
  History 
  of 
  Aberdeenshire, 
  speaking 
  of 
  the 
  

   parish 
  of 
  Foveran, 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  heading 
  " 
  Zoology," 
  the 
  

   author 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  From 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  food 
  on 
  the 
  sleeks 
  

   in 
  the 
  estuary, 
  the 
  Ythan 
  attracts 
  at 
  all 
  seasons 
  a 
  greater 
  

   variety 
  of 
  water-birds 
  and 
  sea-fowl 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  river 
  on 
  

   the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Scotland. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  those 
  

   best 
  known 
  and 
  most 
  abundant" 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  the 
  Alca 
  

   impennis, 
  Blachbilled 
  Auk 
  (Gare-fowl), 
  appears. 
  It 
  is- 
  almost 
  

   unnecessary 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  statement 
  is 
  incorrect.] 
  

  

  Genus 
  LOMVIA, 
  Brandt. 
  

  

  Lomvia 
  troile, 
  Linn. 
  Common 
  Guillemot 
  " 
  Quit." 
  

   " 
  Foolish 
  Guillemot." 
  

  

  Very 
  common, 
  and 
  breeds 
  in 
  immense 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  

   rocky 
  cliffs 
  usually 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  localities 
  as 
  those 
  mentioned 
  

   for 
  the 
  Razorbill. 
  

  

  The 
  variety, 
  held 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  species 
  by 
  Yarrell 
  and 
  

   MacGillivray, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Uria 
  lacrymans, 
  is 
  also 
  to 
  

   be 
  seen 
  in 
  small 
  numbers. 
  

  

  I, 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Harvie-Brown, 
  visited 
  Fowls- 
  

   heugh 
  in 
  June, 
  1880, 
  on 
  which 
  occasion 
  only 
  one 
  specimen 
  

   of 
  lacrymans 
  could 
  be 
  detected, 
  while 
  there 
  were 
  thousands 
  

   of 
  the 
  common 
  form. 
  Since 
  then, 
  however, 
  several 
  have 
  

   come 
  into 
  my 
  hands. 
  

  

  Lomvia 
  bruennichi, 
  Sabine. 
  Brunnick's 
  Guillemot. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  occurrence 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  Arctic 
  straggler 
  is 
  one 
  

   obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  James 
  Fraser, 
  Aberdeen, 
  a 
  collector 
  of 
  

   natural 
  history 
  specimens. 
  He 
  found 
  it 
  in 
  June, 
  1893, 
  

   amongst 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  Common 
  Guillemots 
  that 
  had 
  got 
  

   caught 
  and 
  were 
  drowned 
  in 
  the 
  salmon 
  nets 
  at 
  Belhelvie. 
  

   Mr. 
  Fraser 
  brought 
  the 
  bird 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  identification, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   now 
  in 
  my 
  possession. 
  

  

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