PUFFIN.
PWFF1NGEN, OP THE ANCIENT BRITISH.
COULTER NEB. SEA-PARROT.
Mormon Fratercula, GOULD. TEMMIWCK.
PENNANT. MONTAGU.
BEWICK.
Alca árctica,
Mormon—K h o b g o b l i n . Fratercula— ?
IN giving to the world this my 'Book of Mormon,' the historical
part is illustrated by a figure which, though not one of the 'Golden
Plates,' will, I hope, more truly corroborate the fidelity of the account
I furnish from the salt sea, than did those of the impostor of the
'Salt Lake,' that which he gave to the deluded followers of his
wretched deception.
The Puffin is extremely abundant in Iceland, Lapland, and Norway,
as well as in other parts of Scandinavia, and thence goes north to the
Faroe Islands, Nova Zembla, and Spitzbergen, and is met with in the
Arctic circle. In America, it belongs to Labrador, Baffin's Bay, Hudson's
Bay, and many other parts, advancing southwards as far as Georgia.
I t is taken on the French, Spanish, and Dutch coasts, and has
occurred in Italy—a single specimen in the year 1823.
They are seen in immense multitudes in the Shetland Islands, and
not a few resort annually to the Fern Islands, on the coast of Northumberland.
They breed also on the cliffs of the Moray F r i t h ; and in
Wales, near St. David's, the Great Orme's Head, etc.
I n Yorkshire, the Puffin is very common at Flamborough, and breeds
there. One was found dead in the canal near Barnsley on the 7th. of
J u l y , 1856. Two others had been taken alive previously, and one shot,
in the same neighbourhood. They breed also on the north coast of
Devon, and arc seen at times in the south.