LITTLE AUK. 
4, LittLte Alcaalle. A. rostro levi conico, 
DeEscrie- 
TION. 
abdomine toto subtus remi- 
gumque posticarum apicibus 
albis, pedibus nigris. Lath. 
— mot. 
Fist. dois. ix. 354. 
Alca alle. Gm. Lin. 554. 
Faun. Suec. sp. 142. 
Cuass II, 
Brisson av. vi..73. 
Ind. orn. 795. 2d. Syn. vy. Islandis Halkioen, Havdirdell, 
327. Norvegis Soe Konge, Soeren 
Rotges Martin's Spitzberg. 85. Jakob, Perdrikker, Persu- 
Little black and white Diver. per, Boefier, Borrefizr, 
Wil. orn. 343. Hys Thomas. Feroensibus 
Mergulus Melanoleucos rosiro Fulkop. Groenlandis Akpa- 
acuto brevi. aii Syn. av. liarsok. Brunnich, 106. 
125. Gunner tab. 6. 
Edw. av. Qi. Br. Zool. 137. Arct. Zool. ii. 
Uria minor, le petit Guille- 924. 
THE bird our description was made from was 
taken in Lancashire ; its bulk was not superior to 
thatof a blackbird. The bill was convex, short, 
thick, and strong; its color black; the crown of 
the head, the hind part of the neck, the back, 
and the tail black; the wings the same color; 
but the tips of the lesser quil feathers white; 
the inner coverts of the wings grey; the cheeks, 
throat, and whole under side of the body white; 
the scapular feathers black and white; the legs 
and feet covered with dirty greenish white scales ; 
the webs black. 
Mr. Edwards has figured a bird that varies 
very little from this; and has added another, 
which he imagines differs only in sex; in that, 
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