BRUMICH'S GUILLEMOT.
URIA BR UENNICHI, E. Sabine.
Uria bninnichii, Sabine, Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 538 (1818);
Macff. v. p. 3 1 4 ; Hewitson, ii. p. 460; Dresser, viii.
p. 575.
Uria bruennichi, Yarr. ed. 4, iv. p. 76.
Uria arra, Naum. xii. p. 535.
Briinnich's Lnmme, German.
Admitting this bird as specifically distinct from the
Common Guillemot, Mr. H. Saunders states (Yarrell,
4th ed. vol. iv. p. 77) that it has been included in the
British list upon somewhat slight evidence, and goes on
to remark upon the many recorded instances of its
occurrence in the United Kingdom. I think that any
one who reads these remarks with care can only agree
with the writer in his conclusion as above cited. As
my only knowledge of this form is derived from preserved
specimens, I do not pretend to pronounce
positively as to its specific value, but am inclined to consider
it as merely a large form of Common Guillemot;
perhaps I should express my meaning more correctly by
saying that I look upon our Common Guillemot as a
local race of the species of which I am treating.