The Little Auk.] OF ORKNEY. 103 



Species 3. The Little Auk. 



Little Black Auk, Black and White Diver, Wil. Orn. 343. Rail Syn. Av. 125. 

 Alca Alle, Lin. Sys. 211. Brit. Zool. Illmt.tab. 19- fig. 1. Var. 



THIS bird I met with preserved in a small eolation be- 

 longing to a young lady in this country, and am informed it 

 is to be found pretty frequent round the rocks. 



The bill was but little compressed, thick, short and strong, 

 pretty much of the shape of that of the grosbeaks ; its colour 

 black. Like the rest of the genus the whole upper side was 

 black ; the throat and belly white ; the sides of the neck 

 white, spotted with black; the legs covered with whitish 

 scales ; the webs in that I saw white. The dimensions I could 

 not take, nor the weight, as it was a stuffed skin I took these 

 notes from 



