VOL. XV.] NOTES ON THE GREAT AUK. 99 



Symington Grieve, i vol., 4to, London, 1885) referred to 

 the above and other passages from Clusius deahng with the 

 bird in question and has duly noted references from various 

 ancient authors, he has made no attempt at translation, 

 and as the Latin used by Clusius and others is of an obscure 

 and difficult nature we have here ventured to give translations 

 of these passages and briefly refer to others not quoted in 

 the published literature dealing with the Garefowl. Space, 

 however, prevents us from including the various mentions 

 or descriptions of the Great Auk contained in the "Diaries " 

 or voyages of those early travellers who encountered this 

 bird — many of these are mentioned by Symington Grieve, 

 and others are duly set out in Relics of the Great Auk, by 

 John Milne, reprinted from the Field, 1875. 



In order to avoid repetition we will here give in full the 

 titles of the works to which we shall have occasion to refer : — • 



1. Clusius, 1605. 



Caroh Clusii Atrebatis [of Arras] Exoticorum Libri Decern : 

 Quibus Animalium, Plantarum, Aiomatum aliorumque 



peregrinorum Fructuum historiae describuntur 



I vol. folio (Leyden). 



2. Eusebius, 1635. 



Joannis Eusebii Nierembergii Historia Naturae 



Maxime Peregrinse Libris XVI. Distincta . 



Antverpiae (Antwerp) MDCXXXV. 



I vol. folio, Antwerp. 



3. Wormius, 1655, 



Museum Wormianum . . . seu Historia Rerum Rariorum . . . 



.\dornata ab Olao Worm, Med : Doct : 



Amstelodami (Amsterdam^ . (1655) 



I vol. folio, Amsterdam. 



4. Tradescant, 1656. 



Musceum Tradescantianum : or a Collection of Rarities 

 preserved at South Lambeth neer London by John 

 Tradescant. London .... MDCLVI. 

 I vol. i2mo, London. 



5. Forges, 1665. 



" A Catalogue of many natural rarities with great industry, 

 cost, and thirty years' travel in foreign Countries collected 

 by Robert Hubert alias Forges, Gent, and sworn servant 

 to his Majesty, and daily to be seen at the place formerly 



