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others were likewise inhabited by these birds. Even within com- 
paratively recent times Great Auks have been known to occur in some 
numbers on a rocky islet in Bonavista Bay. Dr William Anderson, 
late of Brigus and now of Heart’s Content, writes to me that Mr 
Alfred Smith residing at Cupids, and other aged residenters, have 
informed him that they remember this haunt being partially occupied, 
and that quantities of the birds were, in olden times, used both as 
food and fuel. Another informant has stated to him that he re- 
members seeing, when a boy, Great Auks on the Funk Islands. In 
sailing past, the birds were pointed out to him as they sat upon the 
rocks, and the impression he had formed of their size and upright 
figure had never been effaced. Mr Smith at same time informed Dr 
Anderson that ten years ago at Manok, or Mannock Island, Labrador, 
he saw in the hands of some Indians what they spoke of as a young 
Pin-wing. The length of the bird was equal to ’ that of his hand, 
and “ half-way up the fore-arm.” The Indians told him they had 
picked up the bird dead, but whether on ice, water, or strand he 
could not ascertain. Dr Anderson, however, whose letter is dated 
28th September 1879, cautiously adds that, on further investigation 
he discovered that these Indians had at the same time a live Porcu- 
pine, among other things, for sale or barter, which showed they had 
been “ in the curiosity line.” 
Another informant — Joseph Bartlett — stated to Dr Anderson that 
he had often heard his father, who died in 1871 at the age of 70, 
speak of the Pin- wing; and that crews occasionally got on the Funks, 
built enclosures, lit fires, and burnt the birds to death for pure 
mischief. Several other aged masters of fishing-vessels, who have 
been spoken to by Dr Anderson, recollect perfectly hearing their 
fathers refer to both birds and eggs which they had taken ; and Mr 
Smith especially referred to the eggs being of “ one pint capacity,” 
and the feathers of the bird being of considerable sharpness, readily 
pricking the skin and causing festering. None of the aged people, 
however, examined by my correspondent, seem to be able to fix a 
precise date for the Penguin’s disappearance from the Newfoundland 
habitats. 
In alluding to the former existence of the Garefowl in Iceland, I 
may refer to an excellent paper on the subject contributed by Pro- 
fessor Newton of Cambridge to the “Ibis” for 1861, entitled 
