the inclement north, and pass their win¬ 
ter in the Shetland bays; whilst others, 
(mostly of the palmated kind,) retire in 
the spring to more southern latitudes. 
The foolish guillemot remains in these 
islands till November. 
This is a very pretty bird, about one 
foot and a half long. Its bill is about 
three inches long; head, neck, back, 
wings, and tail of a deep mouse colour. 
Its breast and belly milk white. There 
is another bird, called the stormy petrel, 
of a black and white colour, with a black 
bill much hooked at the end. It breeds 
commonly among the loose stones on 
the shore; and bounding into the water, 
often affrights the superstitious fisher¬ 
men, who take it to be an omen of some 
impending disaster. These birds are 
found at all distances from land, in all 
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parts of the Atlantic, from Great Britain 
to the coast of North America; and fol¬ 
low ships in great flocks On account 
