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GREAT AUK. 



UAIRFOWL. 



PLATE CCXI. 



Alca impennis, PEN^AST. MONTAGU. BEWICK.'' 'SELBY. 



" " FLEMING. JEJTTXS. GOTJLD. YABHELL. 



THE Great Auk hatches its egg on the bare ground, close above 

 the sea-board, or in the clefts of rocks. This in the month of June. 



The egg is yellowish white, streaked and spotted, principally about 

 the larger end, with black, the ground colour being a dull white 

 tinged with yellow. 



These eggs may be said to be 'worth their weight in gold/ I 

 know of about sixty guineas having been given for a pair. 



I have to thank W. F. W. Bird, Esq., for an offer of a drawing 

 from a specimen in the fine collection of the Right Hon. Lord Garvagh, 

 but the present engraving was already executed : I am equally indebted 

 to my obliging friend. 



VOL. JIT. 



