Class II. 



LITTLE AUK. 



5'7 



Hotges Marthas Spitzberg. 85. 



Little black and white Diver. 

 Wil. cm. 343. 



Mergulus Melanoleucos rof- 

 tro acuto brevi. Rail fyn. 

 av. 125. 



Ed-zv. a-u. 91. 



Uria minor, le petit Guille- 

 mot. Brijfon av. VI. 73. 



Alca alle. • Lin. fyfi. 211. 



Faun. Suec. fp. 142. 



IJlandis Halkioen, Havdirdell. 

 Norvegis Soe Konge, Soe- 

 ren Jakob, Perdrikker, Per- 

 fnper, Boefiaer, Borrefiaer, 

 Hys Thomas. Fercenjibus 

 Fulkop. Groenlandis Akpa- 

 liarfok. Brunnich, 106. 



Gunner tab. 6. 



Br. Zool. 137. 



233,LlTTLB, 



/ TpHE bird our defcription was made from was 

 •* taken in Lancafhire ; its bulk was not fupe- 

 rior to that of a blackbird. The bill convex, 

 fhort, thick, and ftrong-, its color black. That 

 of the crown of the head, the hind part of the neck, 

 the back, and the tail black ; the wings the fame 

 color ; but the tips of the lefTer quii-feathers white : 

 the inner coverts of the wings grey: the cheeks, 

 throat, and whole under fide of the body white : 

 the fcapular feathers black and white : the legs and 

 feet covered with dirty greenim white fcales ; 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 fex : in that, the head and 

 neck are wholly black ; and the inner coverts of the 



M m 2 wings 



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