. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ALCID^. 703. THE BLACK GUILLEMOT. Uria grylle (Linnaeus). The Black Guillemot is chiefly an inhabitant of our northern waters, and its occurrences on the east coast of England or as far south as the Channel are infrequent, even in winter. At the present day it is not known to breed in Wales, but a few pairs resort to the Isle of Man ; while across the Irish Sea it is found in small numbers on the rocky portions of cos. Dublin, Wicklow and Antrim, becomes more numerous in the north and west, and can be traced along the south coast to co. Waterfor
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ALCID^. 703. THE BLACK GUILLEMOT. Uria grylle (Linnaeus). The Black Guillemot is chiefly an inhabitant of our northern waters, and its occurrences on the east coast of England or as far south as the Channel are infrequent, even in winter. At the present day it is not known to breed in Wales, but a few pairs resort to the Isle of Man ; while across the Irish Sea it is found in small numbers on the rocky portions of cos. Dublin, Wicklow and Antrim, becomes more numerous in the north and west, and can be traced along the south coast to co. Waterford. In Scotland, it appears to have abandoned some localities on the east side where it formerly nested; but it is common about the cliffs near Dun- cansby Head in Caithness, as well as on the west coast of Sutherland, while it may be called abundant in the Hebrides, especially on the Ascrib Islands in Loch Snizort, Skye. It is likewise plentiful in the Orkneys and Shetlands, where it is generally known as the " ; This species breeds in the Fseroes, Scandinavia up to the North Cape, Denmark, and some parts of the Baltic, as well as in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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