British zoology . ar above the knees : the webs duiky, and deeply-indented : the back toe extremely fmall. Thefe birds are frequent in the winter on thefhores of this kingdom: in Gloucefterjhire, at theSeverns Mouth -, and fometimes on the lakes ofShropjhire. We have feen them in considerablenumbers in the breeding feafon near Fojfdike Wajhin Lincoln/hire. Like the lapwing when difturbedthey flew over our heads, carrying their necks andlong legs quite extended, and made a fhrill noile(Twit) twice repeated, during the whole country people, for this reafon, call themTelpers-, and fometi
British zoology . ar above the knees : the webs duiky, and deeply-indented : the back toe extremely fmall. Thefe birds are frequent in the winter on thefhores of this kingdom: in Gloucefterjhire, at theSeverns Mouth -, and fometimes on the lakes ofShropjhire. We have feen them in considerablenumbers in the breeding feafon near Fojfdike Wajhin Lincoln/hire. Like the lapwing when difturbedthey flew over our heads, carrying their necks andlong legs quite extended, and made a fhrill noile(Twit) twice repeated, during the whole country people, for this reafon, call themTelpers-, and fometimes diftinguifh them by thename of Picarini. They feed on worms and infectsthat they fcoop with their bills out of the fand •,their fearch after food is frequently to be difcernedLI4 on 506 A V O S E T. Class II. on our fhores by alternate femicircular marks inthe fand, which mew their progrefs. They laytwo eggs about the fize of thofe of a pigeon,white tinged with green, and marked with largeblack fpots. BILL m. Class II, GREAT AUK. 507 BILL ftrong, thick, comprefifed. NOSTRILS linear; placed near the edge of the almoft as long as the , no back toe. XL. AUK. Goirfugel. Clujii exot. 367. Penguin. Wormii, 300. Wil. orn. 323. Rait fyn. a<v. 119. Edixj. av. 147. Martins <voy. St. Kilda. 27. Avis, Gare dicta. Sib. Scot. III. major, le grand Pingoin. Brijon a<v. VI. 85. Tab. 7. Eforokitfot*. CrantzsGreenL 229. Great. I, impennis. Suec. /p. Gyr-v Geyrfugl. Nor- vegis Fiaert, Anglemaage, Penguin, Brillefugl. Brim- nichy Zool. 136. ACCORDING to Mr. Martin, this bird breedson the ifle of St. Kilda; appearing there thebeginning of May, and retiring the middle ofJune. It lays one egg, which is fix inches long,of a white color; fome are irregularly marked withpurplifh lines eroding each other, others blotchedwith black and ferruginous about the thicker end :if the egg is taken away, it will noc lay
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