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ORD. III. GEN. VI. AUK. 



SPE. IV. PUFFIN. 



PI. 226. 



Alca arttica. Lin. Syft. I. p. 211. 

 Le macareux. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 81. 



The puffin weighs twelve ounces, is twelve inches in length, and twenty in 

 breadth. The bill is fhort, broad at the bafe, and compreffed on the fides, 

 forming a triangular ridge, and ending in a (harp point ; from the head to the 

 middle, it is grey ; the remainder, fcarlet, marked with tranfverfe furrows : the 

 top of the head, and part of the throat, are brownifh black, leaving a triangular 

 white patch on each fide of the head, from the bafe of the bill to the back of 

 the head : the back, wings, and tail, are black : bread, and under parts, white : 

 legs orange, and placed at the extremity of the body, fo that when the bird 

 walks, or fits, it is upright. It does not ftand on the feet, but refts on the 

 whole of the legs alfo. 



This bird frequents the coafts of Great Britain in the fummer, reforting to 

 them in the beginning of April, and about the firft week in May it begins to 

 make a burrow under ground, as a lodgment for its egg and young. For the 

 egg fee PI. L. Fig. 2. 



