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by the ridiculous method of catching them : — One of the natives 

 places himfelf under a loofe garment of fur, of a particular make, 

 with large open fleeves, among the rocks, at evening} when the 

 birds, returning to their lodging-places at dulk, run under the 

 ikirts, and up the arm-holes, for fhelter during the night ; the 

 man concealed beneath kills them as faft as they enter, and by 

 this means as many are taken in one evening as he can carry away. 

 Their ftupidity likewife occafions them to fly aboard a ihip at 

 fuch times, miftaking it for a roofting-place ; whereby navigators 

 have been taught to avoid the danger of falling in too near with 

 land, either of evenings or on approaching ftorms. The eggs are 

 efteemed good. 



Ancient Auk, Ar£. Zoo!. N° 430. 

 ANCIENT A. Lev. Muf. 



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Description, A TRIFLE bigger than the Little Auk: length near eleven 

 inches. Bill one inch and a quarter ; the bafe white ; from the 

 noftrils to the end black : the feathers come very forward on the 

 bill ; and the eyes are placed far back in the head : the head, fides, 

 and throat, are deep black : the upper part of the body and wings 

 dufky black ; the under of a pure white : on the ears, juft behind 

 the eyes, fpring feveral long narrow white feathers, which lay on 

 each fide of the neck, meeting at the lower part, and forming a 

 crefcent ; thefe are fomewhat curled at the origin, where they are 

 moft numerous, and may perhaps be erected, at the will of the 

 bird, as a rufF: the legs are placed quite in the vent, are one inch 

 arid a quarter long, and dufky: the tail fliort, rounded, and 

 black. 



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