III.] THE ARCTIC PUFFIN AND THE BLACK GUILLEMOT. 115 
arcticus, L.) and tejsten or tohis-grisslan, the black guillemot 
(Uria grylle^ L.) are to be seen among the drift-ice. I do not 
know any puffin-fells on Spitzbergen. The bird appears to 
breed there only in small numbers, though it is still found on 
the most northerly part of the island. On Novaya Zemlya, 
too, it occurs rather sparingly. The black guillemot, on the other 
hand, is found everywhere, though never collected in large 
flocks, along the shores of Spitzbergen, and Novaya Zemlya, 
THE ARCTIC RUFFIN. "J^HE BLACK GUILLEMOT. 
Swedish, Lunnefogel. (Mormon Arcticns, L.) Swedish, Tejst. (Uria Grylle, L.) 
even as far north as Parry Island in 80° 40'N.L., where in 1861 
I saw several of their nests. These are placed near the summits 
of steep cliffs along the shore. The black guillemots often swim 
out together in pairs in the fjords. Their flesh has about the 
same taste as Briinnich’s guillemot, but is tougher and of 
inferior quality; the eggs, on the other hand, are excellent. 
The sea fowl mentioned above are never met with inland. 
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