. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. ANIMALS RECENTLY EXTINCT. 639 demand less surface and more power thau a wing formed for aerial loco- motion. In the case of the Great Auk this demand was met by shorten- ing the outer portion of the wing, while other birds that use their wings in diving obtain as far as possible the same result by only partially open- ing their wings. The Great Auk was confined to the North Atlantic, ranging on the European side from Iceland to the Bay of B
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. ANIMALS RECENTLY EXTINCT. 639 demand less surface and more power thau a wing formed for aerial loco- motion. In the case of the Great Auk this demand was met by shorten- ing the outer portion of the wing, while other birds that use their wings in diving obtain as far as possible the same result by only partially open- ing their wings. The Great Auk was confined to the North Atlantic, ranging on the European side from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay, and on the Amer- ican from Greenland to Virginia, these localities marking the extreme limits of the bird's Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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