EXPEDITION TO FUNK ISLAND. 527 



1861. Newtou, Alfred. Abstract of Mr. J. Wolley's Researches iu Iceland, respeeting 



the Gare-fowl, or Great Auk {Alca impeiinis, Linn). 

 <Ibis, III, 1661, pp. 374-399. Reprinted in Zoologist, xx, 1862, pp. 8108-8130. 

 An important paper, containing many bibliographical references. Shows the 



Great Auk to be extinct in Iceland, and that the bird never was so abundant 



there as had been supposed. Gives a very full account of the last specimens 



taken and their disposition. 



1862. Preyer, W. Ueber Plautus impennis Brlinn. 

 <^Jourual fur Ornithologie, x, 1862, pp. 110-124, 337-356. 



Systematic position, bibliography and synonomy, geographical distribution, 

 past and present, and much historical matter. 



1863. Newtou, A. Remarks on the Exhibitionof a Natural Mummy of Alca Impennis. 

 <P. Z. S., 1862, pp. 435-438. 



This was one of the specimens obtained from Funk Island at the time the guano 

 was removed. 

 1865. Field, E. Letter from the Right Rev. the Bishop of Newfoundland concerning 

 the mummy of the Great Auk {Alca impennis) fouud on the Funk Islands. 



<Traus. Nova Scotia Inst. Nat. Sci., i, pt. in, 1865, p. 145. 



Notes that three '' mummies " were found, one of which went to Prof. A. Newton, 

 another to Prof. L. Agassiz, the third to J. M. Jones, president of the institu- 

 tion. This third specimen was presented by Mr. Jones to the British Mu- 

 seum. 

 1865. Owen, R. Description of the skeleton of the Great Auk, or Gare-Fowl {Alca im- 

 pennis, L.). 



<Trans. Zool. Soc, Loudon, Vol. v., pt. iv., 1865 (read 1864), pp. 317-335, pi., 

 LI Lii, and a small map. 



A detailed description of the skeleton of the Great Auk, from one of the three 

 " mummied" specimens obtained at Funk Island in 1863. The paper is only 

 to a slight extent comparative, other Alcidce being very little touched upon, 

 although some space is devoted to showing that the Great Auk was not 

 related to the Penguins {Spheniscidw). 

 1865. Newton, Alfred. The Gare-fowl and its Historians. 



<Nat. Hist. Rev., Oct., 1865, pp. 467-488. 



A valuable summary of the history of the bird, giving mauy bibliographical 

 references. The writer considers that the Great Auk may still exist. 

 1868. Wyman, Jeffries, Note on the occurrence of bones of the Great Auk in a shell 

 heai) on Goose Island, Casco Bay, Maine. 



This shell heap was shown by Prof. E. S. Morse to be of great antiq[uity. 



1868. Gurney, J. H., jr.. The Great Auk {Alca impennis). 



<Zoologist, 2d ser., iii, 1838, pp. 1412-1453. 



A critical review of the reported occurrence of the Great Auk iu Scottish and 

 British localities. Some of the reports are shown to rest on very slight foun- 

 ■dation, and the fallibility of secondhand testimony is clearly demonstrated. 



1869. Gurney, J. H., jr. Notes on the Great Auk {Alca impennis). 

 <Zoologist, 2d ser., iv, 1869, pp. 1639-1643. 



Contains description of winter plumage, and notices that not one of the speci- 

 mens extant is in that dress. 



1869. Orton, J. The Great Auk {Alca impennis). 



<Am. Nat., Ill , 1869, pp. 539-542. 



Contains but a single correct statement, that the Great Auk is extinct. 

 1869. Reeks, Henry. Notes on the Zoology of Newfoundland. 



<Zoologist, 2d ser., iv, 1869, p]). 1849-1858. 



Mainly remarks on the specimens taken from Funk Island in 1863, 



