. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . ass of air-bubbles, andit leaves a train of these bubbles behind it, glistening likesilver and pearls, which adds much to the beauty of theperformance. Sometimes the descent of the bird is perpen-dicular, sometimes in an oblique direction, and its progressunder the water is made apparently as easily as through theair; even more so, turning and gliding about with evergraceful movements, and sometimes hovering over a mo
. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . ass of air-bubbles, andit leaves a train of these bubbles behind it, glistening likesilver and pearls, which adds much to the beauty of theperformance. Sometimes the descent of the bird is perpen-dicular, sometimes in an oblique direction, and its progressunder the water is made apparently as easily as through theair; even more so, turning and gliding about with evergraceful movements, and sometimes hovering over a morsel 1 Yarrells British Birds, fourth edition, vol. iv. p. 71. 302 THE COMMON GUILLEMOT. of food like a tern. The Guillemots at the Aquarium rarelystay under the surface more than half a minute, but in theopen sea I have known them remain down for a much longertime. ^ The Einged Guillemot which is found at St. Abbs Headis distinguished from the Common Guillemot by having awhite ring round the eye. Formerly it was considered tobe a distinct species, but ornithologists now look upon it asonly a variety of the common bird. History of British Birds, 1883-85, vol. iii. p. PYGOPODES. ( 303 ) ALCIDM. THE BLACK GUILLEMOT. GREENLAND DOVE, DOVEKY, SEA TURTLE, LITTLE GUILLEMOT,SPOTTED GUILLEMOT, TYSTIE. Vria ^z turtle SDolie* I gaze upon the stormy, troubled ocean, I hear her crested ivavesWaking, as in they roll with restless motion,The echoes of her caves. Like armid hosts, itnpatient for the battle, They swell with deafening roar ;Then hurl their force, with thunder, crash and rattle. Upon the sounding shore. Walter Chisholm. On the 19th of June 1839 the Berwickshire NaturalistsClub met at Coldingham under the presidency of the Knight, Vicar of Ford, who, in his address to themembers delivered at the anniversary meeting held at Mil-field on the 18th of September of that year, records thatthere was exhibited at the Coldingham meeting above men-tioned a living sp
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