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24 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
Smews ; but they all have crefts, and are found 
in Europe, except one kind, and that is found ; in 
America. 
GENUS 29, Pe ieee Caer «3 
a U_K, 
The bill is ftrong, fhort, thick,. and compreffed, (that j 18, 
flattened, not like a Duck’s bill, above and below, but at 
the fides.) It is furrowed often acrofs; and the lower 
mandible. is gibbous, (that is, it has a prominence, or knob.) 
The tongue is almoft as long as the bill. 
_ The noftrils are linear, (or very narrow) and placed near _ 
the edge of the mandible. 
Their legs are placed very backwards, fo that when they 
fland, they appear to be fixed upright upon the tail, and 
they have no back toe. | 
In moft the toes’are three in number, all placed forward, - 
They fit only on one egg. PF 
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HERE are feveral kinds of Auks. The _ 
# great Auk breeds in the ifland of St. Kilda; 
they come in May, and ‘go away in June ; their 
wings are fo fhort, that they can fcarcely fly; fo 
the Auk lays her egg very near the high water 
mark ; and if this egg be taken away, the does 
; not 
