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B lack G u il l em o t .
A resident species, often breeding in company with the l a s t ; lays two eggs.
Genus M e r g u l u s .
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L it t l e A u k .
Sometimes abundant with us in winter, while in summer it is engaged in breeding within the arctic circle.
Genus F r a t e r c u l a .
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P u f f in .
Numerous among our sea-bounded rocks in summer, and in winter may be found fishing in the bays and
shallow portions of our seas.
Family PELICANIDAE.
Subfamily GRACULINA5.
That portion of this family forming the Cormorants comprises about thirty species. They are spread over
the rocky sea-shores o f the entire globe, with the exception of the ice-bound poles. In Britain we have two
species.
Genus P h a l a c r o c o r a x .
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C o rmorant .
A denizen o f the British waters generally, from which it is never absent.
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C r e s t e d C o rm o r a n t , or S h a g .
Also a constant frequenter o f every part of the British coasts, where it annually breeds.
Subfamily SULARINA5.
The Gannets form a small section o f the Pelicanidse. They are truly oceanic in their habits, and are
almost as widely distributed as the Cormorants. In species, however, they are far less numerous, only six
o r seven being known ; and should the Australian bird be ultimately proved to be identical with our own,
then the number will be still less.
Genus S u l a .
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G a n n e t , or S o l a n G o o s e .
I must refer my readers to the body o f the work for full information respecting this predaceous bird, for
it would be out of place to enter into particulars here in what can only be regarded as a mere list of the
species inhabiting Britain. I may mention, however, that its specific name is derived from one o f its breeding-
places, to which may be added Lundy Island, Ailsa Craig, St. Kilda, Suliskerry in Orkney, &c.
F am ily LARIDA2.
Mr. Harting, in his ‘ Handbook o f British Birds,’ has included the Gulls and Terns in the same family,
with which view I acquiesce, for it would be difficult to draw the line between the termination of the one
and the commencement o f the other. Whether we regard the Gulls, Terns, and Skuas separately or
collectively, they may be described as coast-wanderers over the entire globe, but more abundant in the
northern than in the southern hemisphere. Their principal food is fish, crustaceans, and other marine
animals, but some of them readily eat worms, insects, and garbage. In their plumage they are perhaps the
most cleanly o f all birds, always maintaining their pure and delicate tints unsullied. There are over one
hundred species inhabiting various parts of the globe.
Subfamily LARINA5.
Genus L a r u s .
The members o f this genus comprise all the large Gulls—birds which, as scavengers alone, play an
important part in keeping a wholesome atmosphere. They also prey npon fish, crustaceans, small mammals,
and weakly birds.
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G r ea t B lack-ba cked G u l l .
A resident species, breeding round our coasts.