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A UKS. 



incubate upon the shore immediately above high-water mark. 

 Their food consists entirely of fish and other marine animals. 



This family comprehends the Auks proper, the Starakis, the 

 Penguins, and the Guillemots. 







Auks on Coast. 



Sub-Family I. 



THE AUKS PROPER. ALCIN.E. 



General Characteristics. — Bill more or less short, and much compressed on the 

 sides, with the culmen and gonys keeled, the tip of the iipjier mandible acute and 

 hooked ; the nostrils linear ; the wings more or less long ancl perfectly formed, with 

 the first quill the longest ; the tail short and graduated ; the tarsi short and com- 

 pressed ; the toes entirely webbed, with the hind toe wanting. 



These birds frequent high northern latitudes, but at certain 

 seasons visit the more temperate parts of Europe. They resort 



