THE OOLOGIST. 



The Cause of the Extinction of 

 the Great Auk. 



Fifty ywu-.s ago tlie Great Auk was found 

 in large numbers on the Funk Islands, off" 

 the coast of Newfoiuidland, but not long 

 Jitter disappeared. The American Natur- 

 aliM bi'iefly narrates the story of its extinc- 

 tion thus: "The biids were hunted for 

 their feathers by the Newfoundland iisher-. 

 men, who would row round them in small 

 boats and drive them ashore (the Auks be- 

 ing imablc to fly) into pounds. The birds 

 A\'ei-e immersed in scalding water to remove 

 their feathers, and their bodies were used 

 :;s fuel for boiling the water. It is doubt- 

 iul if the Alca impenvis now exists any- 

 where about the islands of Newfoundland 

 or J^abradoi-." 



In the sti-ict sense of the word, the Great 

 Ank undoubtably exists still in some num- 

 bers in the extreme northern portions of our 

 continent, but beyond the reach of civilized 

 man. Some authorities conflict Avith the 

 statement above, inasuuich as the fishermen 

 and "eggers," who carried on the infamous 

 traflic of gathering the eggs of this and oth- 

 er st'a birds in such quantities, so far reduc- 

 ecl the birds as to compel what remained to 

 seek safety in the far north. 



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