Clafs II. 



LITTLE AUK. 



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IV. The LITTLE A U K. 



Little black and white Diver. 



Wil. orn. 343. 

 Mergulus Melanoleucos roftro 



acuto brevi. Raiifyn. a<v. 1 25. 

 Ed-zv. av. 91. 

 Uria minor, le petit Guillemot. 



Brijfon aw. vi. 73. 

 Alca alle. Lin. fyfi. zil. 

 Faun. Suec.fp. 142.. 



IJlandis Halkioen, Havdirdell, 

 Norvegis Soe Konge, So^reri 

 Jakob, Perdrikker, Perfuper, 

 Boefiaer, Borrefiasr, Hys Tho- 

 mas, Feroenjibus Fulkop.Gro?«- 

 landis Akpaliarfok. Brunnich. 

 106. 



Gunner tab. 6. 



Br. Zoo I. 137. 



THE bird our defcription was made from was 

 taken in LancaJI.nre% its bulk was not fnperior to 

 that of a blackbird. The bill convex, fhort, thick, and Defer, 

 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 

 leflfer quil-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 

 greenifh white fcales j 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 

 wings barred with a dirty white. 



VI. The 



