62 AUK. 



with the Razor-bills, breed on many parts of the rocky coasts of 

 Africa, between the Territories of Morocco, and those of Algiers, 

 in the neighbourhood of Arzew; and that the eggs are there gathered 

 by seamen, as a valuable article of fresh provisions. 



Inhabits also America, being frequent in Carolina in winter, 

 and has been met with in Sandwich Sound. The natives orna- 

 ment the fore parts, and collar of their seal skin jackets, with the 

 beaks of them ; and those of Aoonalaschka wear gowns of their skins, 

 along with those of other birds. On the Coast of Kamtschatka, 

 and the Kurilschi Islands, they are common, even on the Penchinski 

 Bay, almost as far as Ochotka. The natives of the two first wear 

 the bills about their necks, fastened to straps ; and according to the 

 superstition of these people, their Shaman, or Priest, must put them 

 on with a proper ceremony, in order to procure good fortune.* 



A. — Alca arctica, /3. Ind. Orn. ii. 792. Gen. Syn. v. 317. A. 

 Alca Indica, Gerin. v. t. 600. 



Length sixteen inches. Bill nearly similar to the last; crown of 

 the head, as far as the nape, ash-colour ; sides of the head white ; 

 throat, neck, and all above, the wings, and tail black ; breast and 

 under parts white ; legs orange. 



In the female the bill is more slender ; crown of the head brown 

 black; sides of the head white, passing backwards almost to the 

 nape ; thighs ash-coloured ; the rest as in the male. 



This was met with at Bird Island, between Asia and America, 

 and in the collection of Sir Joseph Banks. 



4. -LABRADOR AUK. 



Alca Labradora, Ind. Om. v. 793. Gm. Lin. i. 550. 

 Labrador Auk, Gen. Syn. v. 318. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 428. 



SIZE of the Puffin. The bill one inch and a quarter long, much 

 carinated at top, a little convex, but more narrow than in any of 



* Hist. Kamtsch. 



