Clafs II] ' B 
upper fide of the body, are black ; the wings of 
the fame color, except the tips of the leffer quil 
feathers, which are white: the tail confifts of 
twelve black feathers, and is {harp pointed : the 
whole under fide of the body is white : the legs 
black. 
Thefe birds, in company with the Guillemot j 
appear in our feas the beginning of February ; 
but do not fettle on their breeding places till they 
begin to lay, about the beginning of May. They 
inhabite the ledges of the higheft rocks that im¬ 
pend over the fea, where they form a grotefque 
appearance ; fitting clofe together, and in rows 
one above the other. They properly lay but one 
egg a piece, of an extraordinary fize for the bulk 
SPECIES IV. The black billed Auk. Plate H 1 . 
Alca minor, Brijfon civ* VI. 92. Tab. 8. Fig. 2. 
white ; in all other refpe&s it agrees with the 
former fpecies ; fo that we doubt whether this is 
any more than a variety: we can only obferve, 
that this was fhot in the winter; when the com¬ 
mon fort have quitted the coafts. 
SPECIES V. The little Auk. Plate Jfy. 4. the upper Figure. 
Edzv . av. 91. 
Uria minor. Brijfon av. VI. 7 3. 
Alca alle. Lin. fyft. 131 - 
under .fide of the body white : the fcapular fea¬ 
thers black and white : the legs and feet cover’d 
with dirty greenilh white {bales \ the webs black. 
Mr. Edwards has figured a bird that varies 
very little from this: and has added another, 
which he imagines differs only in fex : in that, 
the head and neck are wholly black ; and the in¬ 
ner coverts of the wings are barred with a dirty 
white. 
L 1 
Little black and white Diver. JVll. 
orn 343. ; 1 ■ ’ 
Rati fyn. av._ 125. 
IE fubjecl our drawing was made from, 
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was taken in Lancajhire ; its bulk was 
not fupenor to tbat of a blackbird. 
The bill convex, fhort, thick, and ftrong ; its co¬ 
lor black. That of the crown of the head, the 
hind part of the neck, the back, and the tail black ; 
the wings the fame color; but the tips of the 
leffer quil feathers white : the inner coverts of 
the wings grey : the cheeks, throat, and whole 
HIS weighs only eighteen ounces: the 
length fifteen inches and a half: the 
breadth twenty-five inches. The bill 
is of the fame form with the Auk’s, but is entire¬ 
ly black. The cheeks, chin, and throat are 
I R D S. 137 
of the bird, being three inches long : it is either 
white, or of a pale fea green, irregularly fpotted 
with black : if this egg is deftroyed, both the 
aiik and guillemot will lay another; if that is 
taken, then a third : they make no neft, depofit- 
ing their egg on the bare rock : and tho’ fuch 
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multitudes lay contiguous, by a wonderful inftindl 
each diftinguifhes its own. The eggs are food to 
the inhabitants of the coafts they frequent; which 
they get with great hazard ; being lowered from 
above by ropes, trailing to the ftrength of their 
companions, whofe footing is often fo unftable 
that they are forced down the precipice, and 
perifh together. 
SPECIES 
