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and so, out of water, was in many ways a helpless creature. 
Except when it assembled in numbers to nest, it was as 
aquatic as a Penguin, its aborted wings (Plate LI., figs. 1 
and 2), functionless as regards flight, being admirably 
adapted to propel it swiftly for long distances under water. 
Fic. 55.—GREAT AUK. 
of shells, bones of domestic animals, and horns of Red deer. As in the 
former instance these relics were found on the surface between the 
sand-hills (‘Irish Naturalist,’ 1902, p. 188). 
These Auks’ remains have been liberally presented to the Museum 
of Science and Art, Dublin, and the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. 
Though yielding bones of the Great Auk, yet the coast of Waterford is 
not fringed with any large islands where this bird might have bred; but 
Mr. acho remarks, “Sixteen miles from enore Bay are fe low 
Keeragh Islands, eminently suited for such a bird to breed on; and 
the incursions that the sea has made along the Waterford coast, 
may well have washed away any low flat island that 
existed i in Tramore Bay.” 
From these discoveries it will be seen that the geographical range 
of the Great Auk as far as Ireland is concerned extended nearly down 
to lat. 52° N. 
