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On account of the diversity of opinion 
respecting this species of Auk, we trans- 
cribe the following description from Tem- 
minck ; whose superior acquaintance with 
these birds cannot be doubted : " The old 
male (says he) has the top of the head, back 
and sides of the neck, and all the upper parts 
of a deep black ; cheeks, throat and upper 
part of the front of the neck of a deep black, 
but tinged with red ; a longitudinal white 
band from the middle of the back to the 
eyes ; quills dusky brown ; seconderies ter- 
minated by a white band ; breast and all 
the under parts of a pure white; beak black, 
marked with three or four furrows, of which 
the middle one forms a transverse band of 
pure white ; irides lively brown ; feet dus- 
ky ash colour.— The old femalehns wot ihe 
white band from the beak to the eyes ; the 
parts behind the eyes, as well as the front 
sides of the neck are of a pure white, in 
other respects she does not differ from the 
male. — The plumage of the young very 
much resembles that of the old female, but 
they may be easily distinguished from her 
by having the beak less broad, and it is not 
vol. in c 
