In the Northern parts of Europe where these birds 
abound, their skins are dried and converted into various 
articles of apparel. We received a very well made waist- 
coat from a sailor who brought it from Archangel, and also 
a muff which was obtained at some port in Norway, both 
made of the skins of this bird. It rarely approaches the 
shore, and is often met with by fishermen many leagues 
from land, where it occasionally is captured by getting en- 
tangled in the nets whilst in pursuit of fish. 
On dissecting our specimen we found various small shells 
in the stomach. 
