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Genus LXXXIV. AUK. 



N' I. Great A. N° 7. Crefted A. 



2. Tufted A. 8. Dufky A. 



3. Puffin A. 9. Perroquet A. 

 Var. A. 10. Ancient A. 



4. Labrador A. 11. Little A. 



5. Razor-bill A. 12. Flat-billed A. 



6. Black-billed A. 



ILL ftrong, thick, convex, compreffed on the fides *. 

 Noflrils linear, placed parallel to the edge of the bill. 

 Tongue almoft as long as the bill. 

 Toes three in number, all placed forwards. 



Alca impennis, Lin. Sjjl. i. p. 210. 3. — Faun. Suec N a 140. — Brun. N° 105, 



— Muller, p. 17. — Faun. Groenl. N° 52. GREAT A. 



Le grand Pingoin, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 85. 1. pi. 7. — Buf. Oif. ix. p. 393. 

 pi. 29. — PI. Enl. 367. 



Penguin, or Goifugel, Raii Sjn. p. 118. 1. — Will. Orn. p. 322. pi. 6a.— 

 Edw. pi. 147. 



Great Auk, Br. Zool. ii. N° 229. pi. 81. — Ar8. Zool. N° 424. 



Lev. Muf. 



ClZE of a Gooje: length three feet. Bill four inches and a Description. 



q larter, covered great part of the way with downy fhort fea- 

 thers, the colour of it black, and croffed with feveral furrows : 

 the colour of the plumage of the head, neck, and upper part of 



* The laft fpecies excepted, which is depreffed ; yet, anfwering in other par- 

 ticulars, may Hill be admitted at the heels of this genus. 



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