GREAT AUK. 



(Alca impennis, Linn. Faun. Suec. No. 140. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 

 791. BoNAP, Synops. p. 432. [in note]. Temm. Man. d'Orn. ii. 

 p. 939. Le Grand Pingouin, Buff. Ois. ix. p. 393. t. 29. Id. PI. En- 

 lum. 367. Great Auk, Edwards, tab. 147. Penx. Arct. Zool. 

 ii. p. 220. [4to.] No. 424. Id. Brit. Zool. ii. No. 229.) 



Sp. Charact. — Black, beneath white ; wings extremely short, and 

 useless for flight : tail short and rounded, composed of 10 feathers. 

 — Adult with the bill grooved. Suvinier plumage, with the whole 

 head and throat black ; a large white spot on each side of the base 

 of the bill. In the young the bill is even ; and there is no white 

 spot on the front. 



The Great Auk, or Northern Penguin, inhabits the high 

 est latitudes of the globe, dwelling by choice and instinct 

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