. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. C. T. Fisher & E E. Warr 157 Bull. 2003 123A and from old pictures. One such old drawing is an engraving (see Fuller 1999: 65) from Newfoundland by F. W. Keyl and E. Evans, produced in about 1880, which gives a very strong impression of the hunting techniques used for the mass dispatching of the flightless bird. However, probably the earliest drawing of the Great Auk known is one that not only proves that the bird occurred on the Isle of Man but also suggests that it bred there. The drawing (reproduced in Williamson 1939, Fisher 1997,
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. C. T. Fisher & E E. Warr 157 Bull. 2003 123A and from old pictures. One such old drawing is an engraving (see Fuller 1999: 65) from Newfoundland by F. W. Keyl and E. Evans, produced in about 1880, which gives a very strong impression of the hunting techniques used for the mass dispatching of the flightless bird. However, probably the earliest drawing of the Great Auk known is one that not only proves that the bird occurred on the Isle of Man but also suggests that it bred there. The drawing (reproduced in Williamson 1939, Fisher 1997, Fuller 1999: 367) is by Daniel King and dated about 1652. It is captioned 'These kind of birds are about the Isle of Man', and shows a Great Auk standing on a flat rock, which were their usual breeding sites. Other contemporary accounts record the species on the Isle of Man, and some pieces of bone excavated at two archaeological sites on the island—Perwick (Garrad 1972) and Castletown (Fisher 1996)—have confirmed its presence there. Illustrations of extinct species, 4: the New Zealand Laughing Owl The Laughing Owl Sceloglaux albifacies was first named by George Gray in 1844 from a specimen from the voyages of the ships Erebus and Terror. He was struck with the white face of the specimen, hence albifacies (= 'white-faced'). Later, specimens with rufous faces (which may be colour morphs) were collected. This species has been extinct since 1914, and is only known from about 30 specimens. Only two paintings of the bird exist which appear to be done from life: one by J. G. Keulemans in Rowley's Ornithological miscellany (1875, vol 1: opp. ), painted from Rowley's own captive specimens, and a painting now in the Rothschild Library at Tring, which was done by an unknown artist. The few other pictures of the Laughing Owl show it upright, but in this last painting it has a sideways, hunched stance (Fig. 18). The painted tail has been much changed, from thick to thin. Rothschild
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