528 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



1872. Collett, Robert. Remarks on the Ornithology of Northern Norway. 



Forhancll. Vidensk. Selsk. Christiania, 1872, pp. 182-309, with a map. Also 



reprinted, separately, pp. 123. 

 Notes that the former occurrence of the Great Auk in Norway is very doubtful, 



descriptions of Harelda glaeialis having been mistakenly referred to the 



Gare-fowl. 

 1872. Deane, R. Great Auk (Alca impennis). 

 <Am. Nat. vi, 1872, pp. 368-369. 

 Note of a specimen said to have been found dead near St. Augustin, Labrador, 



and sold for $200. Sent to Fr-ance to be mounted for an Austrian museum 



(Fide A. Lechevallier). If such a specimen were really found it seems to 



have utterly disappeared. 

 1872. Gurney, J. H., jr. Great Auk (Alca impennis) at Disco. 

 <Zoologist, 2d ser., vii, 1872, pp. 3064-3065. 

 Note on reported occurrences of Great Auks at Disco, Greenland. 



1875. Milne, John. Relics of the Great Auk on Funk Island. 

 Reprinted from The Field of March 27, and April 3 and 10, 1875. 



An account of the author's visit to Funk Island in 1874, with a resume of vari- 

 ous facts pertaining to the Great Auk. 



1876. Allen, J. A. The Extinction of the Great Auk (Alca impennis) at the Funk 



Islands. 

 <^Ani. Nat., x.. No. 1, Jan., 1876, p. 48. 

 Notes the destruction of the birds for their feathers and the use of the bodies 



for fuel. 



1878. Newton, A. <^ Article Birds, Ency. Brit., ninth edition, vol Hi, pp. 734-735. 

 A brief account of the extermination of the Great Auk. 



1879. Newton, A. Gare-fowl. 



<^Encyclop8edia Britannica, ninth edition, x, pp. 78-80. 



A necessarily brief history of the Great Auk, with list of more important 

 papers pertaining to the subject. 



1883. Cory, C. B. The Beautiful and Curious Birds of the World. Boston, 1883. 

 Plate V, with accompanying text. 



The figure is three-quarters life size, but like most figures represents the bird 

 with too large a body and too slender a neck. 



1884. Blasius, Dr. Wilhelni. Ueber die letzten Vorkommnisse des Riesen-Alks (Alcaim- 



jjOMHs) und die in Braunschweig und an anderen Orten befindlichen Exem- 

 plare dieser Art. 



Ver. f. Naturw. z. Braunschweig, iii, Jahresber, f. 1881-'2-'3, pp. 89-114. 



A concise resum6 of the literature concerning the Great Auk, followed by a de- 

 tailed account of the specimens contained in the Brunswick Museum. 

 1884. Blasius, Dr. Wilhelm. Zur Geschichte der Ueberreste von Alca impennis Linn. 



<^Cabanis' Journal fiir Ornithologie, Jauuar, 1884, pp. 58-176. 



A detailed list of all known specimens of the Great Auk, alphabetically ar- 

 ranged, preceded by a brief resume of the literature on the subject. 



1884. Collett, Robert. Ueber JZca imjjeimis inNorwegen. 

 <Mitth. Ornith. Ver. Wien, 1884, pp. 65-69, 87-89. 



Notes that the Great Auk has probably been seen but once in Norway. Spe- 

 cial reference to Stuvitz's visit to Funk Island, and description of his speci- 

 mens preserved in Christiania. More or less complete skulls of thirty-eight 

 individuals, and many separate bones. 



1885. Grieve, Symington. The Great Auk or Garefowl (Alca impennis Linn), Its His- 



tory, Archaeology, and Remains, by Symington Grieve, Edinburgh, London ; 

 Thomas C. Jack, 45 Ludgate Hill, Edinburgh ; Grange Publishing Works, 

 1885, XII, pp. 142, 58 (Appendix). Four plates, several cuts in the text, and 

 a map showing the distribution of the Great Auk. 



