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Forest and Stream, XXXIII, Nos. 22-26: XXXIV, Nos. 1-7. 



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GENERAL NOTES. 



The Appearance of the Razor-billed Auk (Alca tot-da} on the Coast of 

 North Carolina. — Not long since Lieut. D. F. Foley, U.S. N., sent to 

 the Department of Agriculture a head, wing, and foot of the Razor-billed 

 Auk for identification. He stated that the bird was shot on February 15, 

 1890, in Lookout Cove, North Carolina, and that others were observed 

 at the same place. 



As far as known to the writer, this locality is the most southern 

 point from which the species has been obtained. In a previous number 

 of 'The Auk' (IV, 1887, 158) Mr. Frederick S. Webster records a specimen 

 from Norfolk, Virginia. — A. K. Fisher, M.D., Washington, D. C. 



The Great Auk in the U. S. National Museum.— The Great Auk in the 

 collection of the U. S. National Museum has recently been remounted by 

 Mr. N. R. Wood, and is thereby greatly improved in appearance. Al- 

 though the specimen is more than fifty years old, the skin proved to be in 

 fair condition, although naturally so venerable a bird needed careful ma- 

 nipulation. 



Like nearly all mounted specimens of the Great Auk this was far too 

 long, and even now that it has been shortened between two and three 

 inches still remains at least so much longer than in life. 



Measured along the curve the length of the stuffed specimen is a little 

 more than twenty-nine inches from tip of beak to root of tail, while a 



