Class II, 



GREAT AUK. 



507 



BILL ftrong, thick, comprefifed. 



NOSTRILS linear; placed near the edge of the 



mandible. 

 TONGUE almoft as long as the bill. 

 TOES, no back toe. 



XL. AUK. 



Goirfugel. Clujii exot. 367. 



Penguin. Wormii, 300. 



Wil. orn. 323. 



Rait fyn. a<v. 119. 



Edixj. av. 147. 



Martin's <voy. St. Kilda. 27. 



Avis, Gare dicta. Sib. Scot. 



III. 22. 

 Alca major, le grand Pingoin. 



Brijon a<v. VI. 85. Tab. 7. 



Eforokitfot *. Crantz'sGreenL 229. Great. 



I, 82. 

 Alca impennis. Lin.fyft. 210. 

 Faun. Suec. /p. 140. 

 IJlandis Gyr-v Geyrfugl. Nor- 



vegis Fiaert, Anglemaage, 



Penguin, Brillefugl. Brim- 



nichy 105. 

 Br. Zool. 136. 



ACCORDING to Mr. Martin, this bird breeds 

 on the ifle of St. Kilda ; appearing there the 

 beginning of May, and retiring the middle of 

 June. It lays one egg, which is fix inches long, 

 of a white color ; fome are irregularly marked with 

 purplifh lines eroding each other, others blotched 

 with black and ferruginous about the thicker end : 

 if the egg is taken away, it will noc lay another 



• Or little wing;. 



that 



