the body, wings, and tail, is black; the reft white; and there is
a large oval fpot of the laft, occupying moft of the fpace between
the bill and eye : the fécond quills are tipped with white,
forming an oblong ftripe on the wings ; which are fo fmall as to
be ufelefs for flight, being little more than four inches in
length to the firft joint : legs black.
In Mr. Funftall’e, Mujeum is one of thefe with only two or three
furrows on the bill, and the oval fpace between the bill and eye
Ipeckled black and white. This is probably a young bird.
P la c e a n d This bird is fometimes feen on the ifle of St- Kilda, appear-
.M a n u k s . ;ng there the beginning of May, and retiring in June. It lays
one large egg, clofe to thefea mark, fix inches long, white, irregularly
marked with purplifh lines, and blotched at the larger
end with black or ferruginous fpots ; and it is faid, that if the egg
be taken away the bird will not lay a fécond, It hatches late, as
the young in Auguji are only covered with grey down. It is
feldom to be met with beyond foundings. Sometimes frequents
the coafts o f Norway, the Ferroe IJles, Iceland, Greenland, and
Newfoundland*. Feeds much on the lump-fifh, fatber-lajher, and
other filh of that fize. The young birds eat rofe-rott f , and other
plants. The old ones are very rarely feen bn Ihore, though the
young are not urtfrequently met with ; is a very Ihy bird ; walks
ill, but dives well, and is taken in the manner ufed for the Razorbill
and Puffin. The Ikin between thejaws is blown into a bladder,
and ufed for the darts of the Greenlanders, as is alfo that of fome
other birds J. The Ikin of the body fuppofed to be ufed by the
FJkimaux Indians for garments (|.
• Aril. Zooh— Br. Zoo/. t Rhodiola rofea. Lin.
J Faun. Groenl. Aril. Zool.
Aka
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Alca cirrkata, Fall. Spie. v. p. 7. pi. 1 and $•
Le Macareux de Kamtfchatka, Buf. Qif. ix. p, 36%.~-Pl. Enl. 761#
Tufted Auk, Aril. Zool. N° 432.
Lev. Muf.
H I S is fomewhat bigger than the common Puffin: length
nineteen inches. Bill an inch and three quarters in length,
the fame in depth at the bale, and crofted with three furrows :
the colours much as in the common Puffin: the forehead, fides of
the 'head, and chin, are white : irides yellowilh brown: over
each eye ariles a tuft of feathers four inches or more in length,
which falls elegantly on each fide of the neck, reaching almoft to
the back ; thefe are white as far as they are attached to the head,
but afterwards of a fine buff yellow : the reft of the plumage is
black, paleft on the under parts, and inclining to alh-colour: the
lhafts of the quills are white : tail very Ihort, confiding of fix-
teen feathers : legs of a brownilh orange: claws black.
The female fcarcely differs, except in being lefs * ; the bill crofted
only with two furrows, inftead of three; and the tuft fmaller.
This fpecies is found at Kamtfchatka, and the neighbouring
iflands. Our laft voyagers firft met with it a little to the fouth
of Cape Hermogenes, and after that daily, fometimes in large
flocks f . Pallas J remarks, that the Kamtfchatkan girls imitate
the tufts of thefe birds, which nature has fupplied them with, by
placing a fimilar ftrip of the white Ikin of the Glutton behind
each ear, hanging down behind by way o f ornament; and is a
well-received prefent from a lover to his miftrefs. The bills both
* Some of thefe which we have feen meafured only fourteen inches and a half,
t Cook's laji Voy- vol. ii. p, 4(1. t Spic. ZmI.
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