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GREAT AUK. 



(Alca impennis.) 



Al. corpore nigro, subtus a medio jugulo, remigibus secundariis 

 apice, maculdgue ovata utrinque ante oculos, albis. 



Auk with the body black, beneath from the middle of the jugulum, 

 the tips of the secondary quills, and an ovate spot before the 

 eyes, white. 



Alca impennis. Linn. Syst. Nat, 1. 210. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. 



550. Brun. Orn. Boreal, no. 105. Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. 791. 

 Alca major. Briss. Orn. 6. 85. pi. 7. 

 Penguin. Raii, Syn. 118. Edw, Glean.pl. 147. 

 Le grand Pingoin. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 393. pi 29. Buff. 



PI. Enl 367. Cuv. Reg. Anim. I. 512. 

 Pingouin brachyptere. Temm. man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. ii. 939. 

 Great Auk. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 229. pl.8\. Penn. Arct. Zool. 



2.424. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. Sl\. Letv. Brit. Birds, 6. pi. 222. 



Wale, Syn, 1. pi. 86. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. and Supp. Bexv. 



Brit. Birds, 2. 162. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 55. 



This bird is in length three feet : the beak is black ; 

 four inches and a quarter long ; both mandibles are 

 crossed obliquely with several ridges and furrows, 

 which meet at the edges : two oval-shaped white spots 

 occupy nearly the whole space between the beak and 

 the eyes : the head, back part of the neck, and all 

 the upper parts of the body and wings are covered 

 with short, soft, glossy black feathers : all the under 

 sides of the body and the tips of the lesser quills are 

 white : the wings are very short, the longest quill-fea- 

 thers not exceeding four inches in length : the legs 

 are black, short, and placed near the vent. 



