AUKS 277 



He may have refened to a Little Auk, Mergulus 

 cdle, and have been misunderstood. 



Besides the sources of information above indi- 

 cated, the following important articles relating to 

 the history of this singular bird should be referi'ed 

 to : — Dr. Charlton, " On the Great Auk," ZooL, 

 I860, pp. G883-6888; Professor Newton's "Abstract 

 of Mr. Wolley's Researches in Iceland," Ibis, 1861, 

 pp. 374-399 ; " On a Natural Mummy " of this bird, 

 P. Z. S., 1863, p. 435, reprinted Zool, 1864, p. 9122, 

 "The Gare-fowl and its Historians," JVat. Hist. 

 Revieio, 1865, pp. 467-488 ; and "Existing Re- 

 mains," Ihis, 1865, pp. 116, 336; 1870, pp. 256- 

 261 ; "Owen on the Anatomy of Alca impennis," 

 Trails. Zool. Soc, 1865; Coues, "Monograph of 

 the Alcidw," Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 Jan. 1868; Steenstrup, "Materials for a History 

 of Alca impennis" (a French translation from the 

 Danish original), Bull. Soc. Orn. Suisse, 1868, tome 

 ii. pp. 5-70 ; and, in the same volume, Fatio, 

 " Remarks on Specimens existing in Switzerland," 

 pp. 73-85; J. H. Gurney, "General Notes and 

 Corrections of Thompson's account of Irish Speci- 

 mens," Zool, 1868, pp. 1442-1453, and 1869, pp. 

 1639-1643; Wyman, "Remains found in Kitchen- 

 middens in Maine and Massachusetts," Amer. Nat., 

 1868, pp. 561 and 622 ; Potts on an egg of Alca 

 impennis, Trails. N. Z. Inst., 1870, pp. 109-110; 

 R. Gray, " Resume of Scottish Records of the 

 Species," "Birds W. Scotland," 1871, pp. 441-453. 

 In the last-mentioned work will also be found an 



