. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. ALGIB^ â ALCINIE: GREAT AUK. 819 878. tarsus ; middle or outer toe and claw , inner ; chord of culmen , arc â gape ; gonys ; grea
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. ALGIB^ â ALCINIE: GREAT AUK. 819 878. tarsus ; middle or outer toe and claw , inner ; chord of culmen , arc â gape ; gonys ; greatest depth of bill This auk abounds iu tlie N. Atlantic, both coasts, and parts of the Polar seas; casual iu the N. Pacific; Japan. On our coast, breeds in great numbers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, about Newfoundland and Labrador strays S. in winter to the Middle States, like other Alcida. The eggs are usually laid in caverns and fissures of the rocks along precipitous shore- lines, often with those of sea-pigeons and puffins; about X scant , white with creamy or milky-bluish tint, never green like those of murres, spotted and blotched, but not fantastically traced ' 1 ver, with different shades of umber - bro^vu ; less pointed ; laid in June and July. AL'CA. (Lat. from aljc or ai(k.) His Grace, The Auk, who lost the use tif his wings, and per- ished off the face of the earth in consequence. A. Impen'nis. (Lat. inijinmis, wingless. Fig. 561.) The Great Auk. Largest of the family: length about inches; wing ; taU ; bill along gape ; chord Fig. 560.âMurres. of culmen ; greatest depth of upper mandible , of lower ; greatest width of biU ; tarsus ; middle toe and claw ; outer do. ; inner do. A great white oval spot between eye and biU. Hood and mantle dark; under parts white, extending in a point on the throat; ends of secondaries white. Bill black, with white grooves; feet dark Special interest attaches to this
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