324 A *J ; K. 



8. Alca tetracula, Pallas, Spic. v. p. 25. t. 4, and j. 



DUSKY A- Duflcy Aukf ^.^ Zw/t N o , 3Jo 



Pi. XCV. Fig. 3. 

 Description. Q I Z E of the laft : length eleven inches. The bill fmaller m 

 proportion, but the upper mandible bent at the point i the 

 colour yellow brown j the ridge white : the irides are white, fur- 

 rounded with a circle of black : the forehead is covered with 

 downy feathers, which are pretty full, and reflexed half one way, 

 half the other : behind the eyes a ftripe of white : the head and 

 neck are black, marked with a few obfcure ferruginous fpots oa 

 the nape : the upper parts of the body black ; beneath cinereous, 

 growing whitifh near the vent : the wings reach to the bafe 

 of the tail, which is compofed of fourteen feathers, all of which,, 

 except the two middle ones,, are ferruginous at the ends : legs 

 - livid : webs black. 

 Place and This fpecies is met with in the feas between Japan and Katnt- 



Jchatka, and fometimes very far from land ; in this cafe feen An- 

 gle, but on land are found in flocks*. Make the nefts in bur- 

 rows among the rocks. Are wonderfully a&ive in the water, but 

 on the contrary no bird is more clumfy and ftupid on fhore; with 

 the greater! difficulty get upright on their legs, and then cannot 

 iland, except the rump be propped up on a ftone or other ele- 

 vation : will now and then fly on board fhips of evenings, when 

 they may be taken by the hand. The flefh is very little valued ^ 



Manners. 



* This may poffibly be the kind of Auk mentioned by Ellis, which was feen by 

 myriads. It had a comprelTed bill 3 ,and large in proportion to the bird : plumage- 

 a dark brown, or rather black : breaft whitifli : and towards the abdomen of a 

 reddiih brown colour.— Ellis, Narr. vol, ii. p. 252. 



not- 



