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Uria Minor. jBW/TI vi. p. 73. ^.—-Id. Svo. 11./?. 378. 

 Plautus Columbaiius^ Klein, Av. p. 146. /. 



Mergulus melaiio leucus roftro acuto brevi, Raii. Si/n, p. 125. A, 5. 



Will p. 261. t. 59. 

 Le petit Guillemot. Buff. ix. p. 354.— P/. Enl 917. 

 Small black and white Diver. Will. (Angl.) p. 343. 

 Greenland Dove. Albiri, I* t. S5. 



Little Auk. Brit, Zool. 2. N°.Q33. t.S9..—Ard, Zool. 2. t, 

 429.— LatL Syru V. p. 327. H. 



This is the fmalleft fpecies of the Auk tribe found upon the Britifli 

 coafts^ and is alfo one of the leaft common. In point of fize it 

 fcarcely exceeds the Ouzel ; the length is nine inches. The prefent 

 figure is that of the female ; which is ver^^ fcarce. 



Alca Alle is an inhabitant of the icy regions of the north of Europe, 

 and America^ from whence it migrates to the fouth in the winter 

 feafons ; and in its return northward in the enfuing fummer a few re- 

 main and breed in the north of Britain. 



Thefe birds liave been found occafionally with the plumage wholly 

 •white. 



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