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ANOIMII: v.-ry fine Kiin-i-Mii -|-i-i la the 8ci..\\ ..si \. .. r ||..i:sn. ,,..., / 

 eornu/ttf), remarkaM*- f..r ii> >|.l.-inli.| mil .f .lark In-own feathers. Tlii.s liinl lias been aeon to 

 carry it> \>iiim n\*>n its Jck, an<l to <liv,- with ili.-m when alan ..... I. 



'I'm; well-known l\n. in. K. ..i LITTLE OKKBK, is the smallest an. I commonest of the 

 Kiiropean sped***, U'intf found in most ri \.-rs, hike**, <ir lar^w ]>on<b, whre the weeds and 



iu-li.- alTonl it a oonceultiK'iit, :uul a Cumulation fi H- 



A MON.. the several representatives of the sab-family of the Alcinto, or Auks, theGuuT 

 AUK is the rarest. 





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This bird, forrn.-rly to be found in neverul jirt of Northern Europe, and in Ijibnidnr. ha 

 not been observed for many yrH, and i> thought to le OM rompli-tfly .-xtinrt :LS th<- I)<lo. 

 Almost thf last living N]Nfiiin-ii-< known were w^-n in tin- ()rkni-y>. and wviv ijnit familiar 

 to the inhabitants nn.l>-r tin- name of the King and Queen of the Anks. 80 agile in (or was) 

 this bird in the water, that Mr. Hnllo<-k chased the mal>- for several hours \\ithout lM-intr alil<* 

 to get within guntthot, althoiitrh h<- was in a boat manm-d l>y six rowers. After lib departure 

 the bird was shot. Tlie female had l>e'n killed just In-forr his arrival. 



The egg of this bird is laid close to the water's edge, and is a very large one, marked af t.-i 

 a rather curious fa.sh.ion. 



The upper surface of this hird is Mack, except a patch of pure whit- round and in front of 

 the eye, and the ends of the secondaries, which are white. The whole of the nn<l>-r *iirf:n > i> 

 whit*-, and in winter the chin and throat are also white. The young are mottled with black 

 and white. 



