British zoology . SPOTTED GUILLEMOT ^V7 Class II. BLACK GUILLEMOT. throat, and all the lower fide of the body arewhite : from the corner of the eye is a dufky ftroke,pointing to the hind part of the head: the tipsof the fecondary feathers white: the legs are black:the tail very fhort, and confifts of twelve feathers. Thefe birds frequent the Welch coafts in thewinter time; but that very rarely: where they breedis unknown to us; having never obferved themon the rocks among the congenerous birds. Thefeand the black-billed Auks haunt the Firth of Forthduring winter in flocks innumerable, in
British zoology . SPOTTED GUILLEMOT ^V7 Class II. BLACK GUILLEMOT. throat, and all the lower fide of the body arewhite : from the corner of the eye is a dufky ftroke,pointing to the hind part of the head: the tipsof the fecondary feathers white: the legs are black:the tail very fhort, and confifts of twelve feathers. Thefe birds frequent the Welch coafts in thewinter time; but that very rarely: where they breedis unknown to us; having never obferved themon the rocks among the congenerous birds. Thefeand the black-billed Auks haunt the Firth of Forthduring winter in flocks innumerable, in purfuit offprats. They are called there Morrots: they allretire before fpring. 521 Greenland-dove, or Sea-turtle. Vrih orn. 326. Rail Jyn. a<v. 121. Rays itin. 183, 192. Feifle. Gunner, tab. 4. Turtur maritimus infula?Bafs. Sib. hiji. Fife, 46. The Scraber. Martins < Kilda. 32. Cajour, Pynan. N. Com. 418. Uria minor nigra, le petit Guillemot noir. Brijfonav, 236. Black. VI. Grylle. Lin. fyfl. Suec
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