513 LABRADOR. UTTLE^ AND ANTIENT AUK, 



428. Labrador-, a y^[^\^ ^ ^ju about an inch and a quarter long,^ much carinated 



at top, not very deep, a little convex ; upper mandible dufky,, 

 lower whitifh, marked with a black fpot, and angulated like that 

 of a Gull : crown, and upper part of the body, wings, and tail, 

 dufl<y: lower part white: legs red. Size of the former, 

 ^^*c^' Inhabits the Z-^ir^iiyr coaft ? — Br. Mu&, 



429., LiTTtE. Br. Zool. ii. N" 233. — Etiw. 91. — Latham, ui. 



Aka AWe, Faun. Suec. N° 142. — Brunnich, N' 106.— Rot-ges,, or Kottet, Marten\ 

 Sfitzi.Ss. — Lev. Mus. 



With a Ihort, black, convex, and thick bill : whole upper part 

 black : cheeks and lower parts white '■ fcapulars ftreaked 

 downwards with white : legs dirty greenifh white ; webs black : throat 

 of the male is black. In Size not fuperior to that of a Blackbird. 

 ^^^^^" Inhabits the north of Europe, as far as Spitzbergen ; but I believe 



does not extend to Afia. Frequent in Greenland. Dives well. Is^ 

 always putting its bill to the water as if drinking. Grows very fat 

 in ftormy weather, when" the waves bring fmall Crabs and little fifli 

 near the furface. Isxalled in Newfoundland the Ice-bird, being the 

 harbinger of ice *. Varies to quite white ; and fometimes is found 

 with a reddiili breaft. Is called by the Da/^^ji^o//^^, from its note ,^ 



430. Antient. a With a black bill, crown, and throat: on each fide of the 



head a fhort whitifh crefl: : on the hind part of the neck are 

 numbers of white, long, loofe,. and very narrow feathers, which give 

 it an aged look : wings, back, and tail,, footy : breaft anci belly 

 white. Size of the former. 

 Pi-ACE. Inhabits from the weft of North America to Kamtjchatka and ths- 



Kurile iflands. — Pallas, MS. — Lev. Mus. 



* Crantx, i. 85. 



A. With 



