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Title: A history of British birds. By the Rev. F.O. Morris ..
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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land, and along thecontinent occurs about Labrador, Baffins Bay, and HudsonsBay, and so on to the United States, Mainland, and otherparts. They have been seen on the shores of Dorsetshire, Hamp-shire, Devonshire, Durham, Northumberland, the Fern Islandsin former years, though their visits there now would seem tobe few and far between, and other parts of the country. These birds are obtained on the Yorkshire coast, but notplentifully; about the year 1816, Arthur Strickland, Esq. shotone out of a small flock in the height of the breeding-season,near the rocks off Flamborough Head. In Cornwall, thebird has occurred at Gwyllyn Vase, but is rare. The Black Guillemot is a permanent resident at lona; italso occurs throughout the year in different parts of Scotland,as on Handa, in Sutlierlandshire, Inchkeith, and the Isle ofMay. In Orkney it is very abundant, and a constant in-habitant; as likewise in the Hebrides and the ShetlandIslands. In Ireland, too, it is common, and in the Isle of Man.
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BLACK GUILLEMOT. BLACK GUILLEMOT, l;).i Some, says Montagu, used to build near Tenby, in Wales.Pennant, in like manner, relates that in his time the specieshad several breeding-places along the coasts of the Principality. It is altogether a marine bird, and is scarcely ever seenon land, except for the purpose of incubation. These Guillemots are by no means shy, and may be takenoff their eggs with the hand. They associate in a friendlymanner among other species as well as among themselves.They are readily tamed. The male and female appear to bemuch attached to each other. This bird is strong and able on the wing, flying at a lowelevation; so it is also, in its way, in diving, using its pinionsbelow the surface, as if in flight in the air. The BlackGuillemot, says Macgillivray, sits lightly on the water, paddlesabout in a very lively manner, dives with rapidity, openingits wings a little like the other species, and moves underwater with great speed. They appear to be able to keepunderne

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