ORDER LONGIPENNES. 1 3 



33. Flautus impennis (Linn.). 



Great Auk. 



Alca impennis Linn. S. N. ed. lo, I. 1758, 130. 

 Flautus impennis Steenstr. Vid. Med. Nat. For. Kj^b. 1855, 

 114. 



[B 710, C 615, R 741, C 878.] 



Geog. Dist. — Formerly the coasts and islands of the North 

 Atlantic, from Massachusetts and Ireland northward nearly to the 

 Arctic Circle. Now extinct. 



Subfamily ALLUNSi. Dovekies. 

 Genus ALLS Link. 



Alle Link, Beschr. Nat. Samml. Univ. Rostock, I. 1806, 17. 

 Type, Alca alle Linn. 



34. Alle alle (Linn.). 



Doirekie. 



Alca alleTiiNN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 131. 



Alle alle Stejneger, Stand. Nat. Hist. IV, 1885, 69. 



[B 738, C 626, R 752, C 863.J 



Geog. Dist. — Coasts and islands of the North Atlantic and eastern 

 Arctic Oceans ; in North America south in winter to New Jersey ; 

 breeds in high northern latitudes. Accidental in Michigan. 



Order LONGIPENNES. Long-winged 

 Swimmers. 



Family STERCORARIIDiE. Skuas and Jaegers. 



Genus MEGALESTRIS Bonaparte. 



Megalestris Bonap. Cat. Parzudaki, 1856, ii. Type, Catharacta 

 skua Brunn. 



