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ORD. Ill, GEN. VI. AUK. 



SPE. II. LITTLE AUK. 



PI. 224. 



Alca alle. Lin. Syft. I. p. 21 1. 



Le petit guillemot. BriJ. Orn. VI. p. 73- 



The weight of this fmall fpecies is only about four ounces. The bill is 

 convex, ftiort, thick, ftrong, and of a black colour : the head, neck, back, 

 wings, and tail, are black: the under part, from the neck downwards, white; 

 as are the tips of the lefs quill feathers : the legs, which are placed very far 

 backwards, are of a dufky green. 



It is faid to lay two greenifh white eggs, larger than thofe of a pigeon ; but 

 it is rarely met with on our coafts. 



