524 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



Measurements, in millimeters, of Crania of the Great JMfc— Contiuued. 



B. C. D. E. 



G. H. I 



Greatest length lietween perpendiculars . . . 



Greatest pareital breadtli above articula- 

 lation of quadraic 



Greatest post frontal breadth 



Highest from basi-sphenoid to frontal 



Height of culmen immediately in front of 

 nasal opening •■ 



Length from posterior end of occipital 

 ridge to root of intermaxillary 



Length of mandible - 



Length of mandi bular symphysis 



150 



43 



48 

 30 



54 

 135 

 23 



63 

 139 

 24 



61 



144 

 25 



158 



47 

 48 

 33 



62 



142 

 23 



61 



141 



23 



146 

 23 



153 

 47 



61 



145 



23 



155 



48 

 48 

 33 



22 



60 



Measurements, in millimeters, of Sterna of Great Auk. 



18117. 



Length from manubrium to xiphoid 

 extremity 



"Width across first pair of costal 

 articulations 



"Width across seventh pair of costal 

 articulations 



Xiphoid border, entire, notched, or 

 perforate 



Least width 



Greatest posterior width , 



Depth from manubrium to keel . . . 



190 



66 



49 



Entire. 

 46 

 51 

 58 



196 



04 



45 



1 notch. 

 45 

 58 

 56 



C.~LiST OF Books and Papers Eelating to the Great Auk 



Although it is believed that do paper of importance has been omitted 

 from this list, it is by no means a complete bibliography of the literature 

 pertaining to the Great Auk, 



The numerous incomplete lists of specimens have been designedly 

 left out, as well as the republications of many articles and some short 

 notes that contributed nothing to the subject. 



Some short notes are cited from their bearing on particular points in 

 the history of the Great Auk, and the earlier allusions to the Garefowl 

 in America are included, owing to the general interest attached to 

 them. 



I am greatly indebted to Mr. Stejueger for assistance in preparing 

 this portion of the paper, and have drawn upon the bibliography of Dr. 

 Coues and from the monograph of Mr. Grieve, which contains a host of 

 valuable references to the earlier notices of the Great Auk. 



The edition of Hakluyt cited is that of 1600. 

 1534. Cartier, Jaques. The first relation of Jaques Carthier of S. Malo, of the new 

 laud called New France, newly discovered in the year of our Lord 1534. 

 <Hakluyt. Collection of voyages, vol. Ill, pp, 201-212. 

 Contains (p. 202) the earliest known reference to the Great Auk in America, 

 and an account of Cartier's visit to Funk Island. Page 205 describes the 

 Bird Rocks and again speaks of the Appouatz. 



