AUK. 



They are alfo common in Ireland; on the ifiand Sherries, three 

 leagues N. N. W. of Holyhead ; and in the S. Stack, near Holy- 

 head, they breed in plenty*. Inhabit Iceland and Greenland; and 

 breed in the extreme part of the iflands, efpecially on the weft 

 part of Difco, and the ifland Orpikfauk. Found in the Ferroe ifles, 

 and there called Lunda. In the Farn IJles called Coulter-neb, from 

 the fhape of the bill : it goes alfo by various other names ; fuch 

 as Guldenhead, Bottle-noje, and Helegug, in (Vales ; at Scarborough 

 Mullet ; and Cornwall, Pope f. 



In America are faid to frequent Carolina in winter; and have 

 been met with in Sandwich Sound by our late voyagers : the na- 

 tives ornament the fore parts and collar of their Seal-Jkin jackets 

 with the beaks of them ; and thofe of Aoonalafika wear gowns of 

 their fkins, along with thofe of other birds. 



On the coaft of Kamtfchatka and the Kurilfchi iflands they are 

 common, even on the Penfchinjki Bay, almoft as far as Ochotka : 

 the nations of the two firft wear the bills about their necks 

 faftened to ftraps ; and, according to the fuperftition of thefe 

 people, their Shaman or Priejl muft put them on with a proper 

 ceremony, in order to procure good fortune J. 



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ENGTH ffxteen inches. The bill two inches long, much Var. A. 



of the fame colour with the laft, but not fo deep at the Description 

 bafe : crown of the head, as far as the nape, afh-colour : fides of 



* " Which come in a furprifing manner, in a flock, in the compafs of a night ; 

 and, when their feafon comes, depart in the fame manner." — Bill, topog. Brit. 

 N" 10. p. 10. 



t Will Orn. % HIJi. Kamtfch. 



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