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FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



backward position. 



being scarcely half the weight of the Puffin. 



The Little Auk is a very small bird, 



There is no 

 difference in the appearance of the sexes. 



The young birds of the year, according to Tetnminck, 

 may be distinguished by having the cheeks shaded with 

 grey. When in down they are uniform sooty brownish 

 black. The entire length is about eight inches and a half. 

 The Little Auk is found as far north as Nova Zembla, 

 Spitsbergen, and Greenland. 



