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RAZORBILL 
As far as I have observed, the Eazorbill does not now breed 
on the east coast, though Mr. Kermode says he has found 
one or two nesting at Maughold Head and Laxey. On the 
west it does so in a number of localities. The most northern 
of these is the precipitous Peel Hill, where it is scarce, and 
a few are also found on Gob ny Chassan (an interesting 
little station, which at low water it is possible to walk 
underneath, a rare thing with this species), and a few other 
spots north of Glenmay. At Stroin Vuigh there is a small 
colony on craggy ledges facing south ; and in pairs, or greater 
numbers, it is found past the Slock towards Fleshwick, and 
again on Bradda, where it mixes with Guillemots at Amulty. 
There appear to be a very few between Port Erin and the 
Calf Sound, where scarcely any other sea-birds nest. But 
its headquarters are on the south-western precipices, facing 
the Calf, and on that islet itself, where, though much less 
abundant than the Guillemot, it nests plentifully on the 
western cliffs, on the Stack, and at Kione Eoauyr, over- 
looking the Sound. In the south it is well known by the 
name of ' Spreckled Bird,' likely a translation of the Manx 
U shag-wreck, 1 Pied Bird,' a very suitable name. 
The Kazorbills rarely crowd at these stations, and never 
to the same extent as the neighbouring Guillemots. Their 
egg is generally placed in a crevice, where the bird crouches 
often partly out of sight, but this is not at all invariably 
the case ; at Stroin Vuigh, in 1901, several were laid on the 
open earthy surface of a broad shelf, partly overgrown with 
luxuriant sea-feverfew, where they were much soiled by 
their surroundings. Mr. Graves tells me that in the Peel 
neighbourhood he has frequently, during the season of 
1904, noticed one or two old birds, followed by a young 
one clamouring for food, and following them in their dives. 
On 30th March 1887 Kazorbills were reported in great 
numbers at the Chickens ' about a fortnight earlier than 
