4 The Irish Naturalist. [January, 



REMAINS OF THE GREAT AUK FROM WHITEPARK 



BAY, COUNTY ANTRIM. 



BY W. J. KNOWLES, M.R.I. A. 



[Plate 2.] 



Several notices of finds of Great Ank bones at Whitepark 

 Bay have already appeared 1 and it is only necessary for me 

 now to join Mr. Ussher in bringing the information on the 

 subject up to date. He describes in the present number his 

 finds in the South of Ireland, and the following is a complete 

 list of bones obtained by me at Whitepark Bay in the North, 

 viz. : — 



Humeri — 4 right and 6 left, 3 of them imperfect. A side 



view of one is shown, PI. 2, fig. 1. 

 Ulnae— 2 right and 1 left, one broken and mended, but they 

 are all otherwise perfect. Two views of one are 

 shown, PI. 2, figs. 2 and 3. 

 Radius — 1 specimen (left) shown, PI. 2, fig. 4. 

 Metacarpal bone — 1 specimen, left, slightly imperfect. See 



PI. 2, fig. 5. 

 Phalanges — 2 small bones. See PI. 2, figs. 6 and 7. 

 Coracoids — 2 perfect specimens, both left. For side view 



see PI. 2, fig. 9. 

 Scapulae — 3 specimens, 1 right and 2 left, one of them 



imperfect. A perfect example shown, PI. 2, fig. 8. 

 Tibia — 1 perfect specimen (right) shown, PI. 2, fig. 10. 

 Femur- -1 imperfect specimen (right) upper portion only 

 shown, PI. 2, fig. 11. 



In all 24 bones. I gave either two or three humeri to the 

 Royal Irish Academy along with other animal remains dug up 

 at the same time. Though doubtful as to three I am certain I 

 gave two bones to the Academy, and this number only have I 

 included in the above total. I took no note as to whether 

 they were right or left, but I have supposed there was one of 

 each kind. With these exceptions the list is complete. All 



1 Pro ft' lings Royal Irish Academy (3), vol i, no. 5 p. 625. Id. vol. Hi, 

 no. 4, p- 654. G. E H. Barrett-Hamilton in Iiish A'a/ura/is', vol. v. p. 121. 

 Symington Gree.ve, Trans. Edinburgh Field Nat. and Micros. Soi., July, 1S97, 

 p. 257. Id. July, 1898, p. 332. 



