70 AUK. 



Their stupidity likewise leads them to fly on board a ship at such 

 times, mistaking it for a roosting place, whereby navigators have 

 been taught to avoid the danger of falling in, too near, with land, 

 either in the evening, or on approaching storms. The eggs are 

 esteemed. 



10 —ANCIENT AUK. 



Alca antiqua, Ind. Orn. ii. 795. Got. Lin. i. 554. 

 Ancient Auk, Gen. Syn. v. 326, Arct. Zool. ii. No. 240. 



THIS is a trifle bigger than the following; length nearly eleven 

 inches. Bill one inch and a quarter, the base white, but from the 

 nostrils to the end black ; the face is somewhat prolonged, and the 

 feathers come very forward on the bill ; the head, sides, and throat, 

 are deep black ; the upper parts of the body and wings dusky black ; 

 the under pure white; on the ears, just behind the eyes, spring 

 several long, narrow, white feathers, which lie on each side of the 

 neck, meeting at the lower part, and forming a crescent ; these are 

 somewhat curled at the origin, where they are most numerous, and 

 may perhaps be erected at the will of the bird, as a rutT; the legs 

 are placed quite in the vent, are one inch and a quarter long, and 

 dusky ; the tail short, rounded, and black. 



Inhabits various parts, from the west of North America to Kamt- 

 schatka, and the Kurile Islands.* 



11. -LITTLE AUK. 



Alca alle, Ind. Orn. ii 795. Lin. i. 211. Faun.suec. No. 142. Gm. Lin. i. 554. 



Brun. No. 106. Id. 107.— white. Fn: Groenl. No. 54. Act. Nidr. 261. t. 6. 



Martin. Spitsb. 61. t. M. C. Pall. Spic. v. p. 4.-— Note f. Amer. Orn. ix. 94. 



pi. 74. 5. Lin. Trans, xii. p. 537. 

 Una minor, Bris. vi. 73. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 378. Gerin. v. t. 550. 



* Arct. Zool. 



