A GREAT AUK'S BONE. 



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published quite widely in the newspapers, and was 

 noted by Prof. C. H. Hitchcock, of 

 Dartmouth College, who was then 

 visiting Ormond. He immediately be- 

 gan explorations in the mound and 

 was fortunate enough to find another 

 humerus of the bird. This was first 

 shown to Prof. F. A. Lucas, of the U. 

 S. National Museum, and was after- 

 ward turned over to Dr. Hay. These 

 authorities both agreed that the two 

 hurneri are undoubtedly those of the 

 auk and belong to the same side, the 

 left, therefore representing two dis- 

 tinct individuals. 



In a letter to me, Prof. Hitchcock 

 states that his excavation 

 was about thirty feet 

 southwest of the one in 

 which I found the auk 

 bone, and that his bone 

 came from the layer of 

 shells at the very base of 

 the deposit, and was there- 

 fore beneath eight feet of 

 shells and mold. 



Taking into considera- 

 tion the fact that both 

 auk bones were found in (Thec 



Fig. 54 Left humerus of the Great 



Auk, taken from Shell Mound 



at Ormond, in April, 1899. 



Natural size. 



section shows the flattened charac- 

 ter of the bone.) 



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