GUILLEMOT. 
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Genus — Lomvia. 
291. Lomvia troile. Guillemot. 
WiLLOCK. Willie. 
A common resident on the coast, nesting in great 
numbers on the Freshwater Cliffs, and in smaller numbers 
on the Culvers. 
Of two in the Earl of Malmesbury's collection, one was 
shot by the second Earl under the Needle Cliffs in 1810, 
and the other knocked down with a riding-whip by the 
Hon. Charles Harris (afterwards Bishop of Gibraltar) near 
Boscombe, in November, 1827. 
The bird is naturally rare inland, but the specimen in 
the Alton Museum was obtained near the local cemetery in 
January, 1887. 
The ringed or bridled variety frequently occurs on the 
coast. Mr. Hart considers its proportion to be about one 
in twenty of the common form. 
{Lomvia bruennichi, Briinnich's Guillemot. 
The only record of this species within the county's 
limits is so doubtful that we only, with hesitation, include 
it in our list. 
More states ' that one " was obtained by Mr. Rogers, 
of Freshwater, February 7th, i860." 
No trace of this specimen can be found, and More 
^ ' ' Birds of the Isle of V^^ight. " 1 860 
