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AlCIDvE. 
Owen, Richard. Description of the Skeleton of the Great Auk 
or Garfowl {Alca impennis, L.). Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. v. 
pp. 317-335, pis. li., lii. 
This publication is fully noticed under the heading Anatomy 
and Physiology 
Alca impennis. A very complete summary of this bird’s history is given 
in an article entitled ^^The Gare-fowl and its Historians.” Nat. Hist. Rev. 
Oct. 1865, pp. 467-488. 
A perfect specimen of a mummy fied Alca impennis from Funk Island, 
has been presented to the Museum of Harvard College, L. Agassiz, Rep. 
Mus. Comp. Zoology, 1864, pp. 16-22. Further particulars of this and of 
other specimens found at the same place, E. [Field, Bishop of] Newfound- 
land, Proc. Nov. Scot. Inst. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 145. 
Two specimens of the bird in the University Museum at Breslau. Alex. v. 
Homeyer, J. f. O. 1865, p. 151. 
Tibia and humerus found in Caithness figured, S. Laing, ^Prehistoric 
Remains of Caithness,’ pp. 50, 61. Notice of this discovery, Ibis, 1865, 
pp. 116, 117 and (with many incorrect details) E. Foxton-Firby, Natu- 
ralist, i. p. 323. 
XJria hy'uemiiclii, as well as U. lacrymans, is referred to U. iroile. The 
latter is found in Bear Island, but not in Spitsbergen. A. J. Malmgren, (Efvers. 
Vet.-Ahad. Forh. 1864, pp. 404, 408. 
Ccpplms mandti diflerentiatcd from C. grylle and the allied species C. co~ 
himha and C. carlo. A. Newton, Ibis, 1865, p. 619. 
Fratercula glacialis specifically distinct from F. arcticUf and figured. A, 
Newton, Ibis, pp. 212, 213, 521-524, pi. vi. 
Fratei’cula arctica^ with young, is figured. J. Gould, B. G. B. part viii. 
STRUTHIONES. 
STRUTHIONIDiE. 
Allis, Thomas. Notice of a nearly complete Skeleton of a 
Dinornis, presented by Dr. Gibson to the Museum of the 
Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Proc. Linn. Soc. viii. 
pp. 50-52. 
This is the paper referred to by us last year (Zool. Record, i. 
pp. 97, 98), which we had not then seen. It does not appear to 
us, however, that we can now add any further details to the 
abstract we formerly gave. 
. Further Note on a Skeleton oiDinornis rohustus, Owen, 
in the York Museum. Proc. Linn. Soc. viii. pp. 141, 142. 
This contains corrections of a few unimportant errors made in 
the author^s former paper — the one noticed by us immediately 
above. 
