. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 204 LONG-WINUED SWIMMERS â LONOll'ENNES. 'W ^) . i Ml 'â i J i. Professor Alfred Nowton found it a very I'onimou bird in Spitzborgon, whore it frequented the whole coast. In I'arry's Expedition it was oljserved feeding' on Mir- Invf/Hs jnthiris and Alj^hem polar is as far to the nortli as was reaelied; namely, lat. 81i° 46' N. Dr. Malmgren saw it occupying a uiiildle station on tlie cliffs when! the Gulls were breeding, and found its stomach tilled with the Limarina (irrfini and tlio C/io Imrcnlis
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 204 LONG-WINUED SWIMMERS â LONOll'ENNES. 'W ^) . i Ml 'â i J i. Professor Alfred Nowton found it a very I'onimou bird in Spitzborgon, whore it frequented the whole coast. In I'arry's Expedition it was oljserved feeding' on Mir- Invf/Hs jnthiris and Alj^hem polar is as far to the nortli as was reaelied; namely, lat. 81i° 46' N. Dr. Malmgren saw it occupying a uiiildle station on tlie cliffs when! the Gulls were breeding, and found its stomach tilled with the Limarina (irrfini and tlio C/io Imrcnlis. In his last voyage he noticed it breeding on Beacon Island. ]Mr. Wheelwright states that this Gull is only an occasional visitant of the Soandinavian coasts, and api)ears to be limited exclusively to tlie I'olar seas. According to Yarrell, tho Kittiwak(> is far from being a rare bird on the coast of England, and is decidedly a rock-breeder; and very common in the breeding-season on all the rocky ])arts of the coasts of Ilamjishire, Dorsetshire, Devonshire, and Cornwall. It is only a summer visitor to Ireland; but is found in considerable numbers on the coast of England in winter, and is also resident on the coast of France. It is said to breed on many of the high ranges of cliffs along the southern shore of England, and also on the high rocky i)romontories on the eastern coast, such as Fliunborough Head, Scarlioiough, the Earne Islands, St. Abb's Head, the Hass Ilock. Aberdeen, and the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Mr. Proctor found it very plentiful in Iceland. In the winter it is said to wander to Genoa, jNladeira, Tripoli, and the Caspian Sea. This bird is given by Professor Reinhardt as one of the most common and abundant of the resident species of Greenland. According to the observations of Sir James Ross, it inhabits nearly all parts of the Ai-ctic Regions, having been met with in the highest latitudes then attained by man. It is extremely numerous during the siui
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