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depressed, as in the Duck ; nostrils parallel to the edge of the upper 

 mandible; point of the bill slightly curved ; the visage is somewhat 

 prolonged, as in the Perroquet Auk; and the sides, between the bill 

 and eye, furnished with a few, narrow, pale feathers; the plumage, 

 on all the upper parts, sooty black; chin and throat pale; fore part 

 of the neck, breast, and belly paler than above, inclining to ash- 

 colour ; the middle of the belly dirty white ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits Bird Island, between Asia and America, where it has 

 been met with in considerable numbers ; but we have not yet heard 

 of its bein^ found elsewhere. 



YOL. X. 



