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SUPPLEMENT
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MEMOIR

ON THE

EXTINCT WINGLESS SEA-BIRD, OR GARFOWL.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE SKELETON OF THE

ALCA IMPENNIS, L.

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MR. ALFRED NEWTON, M.A., F.L.S., who, with his friend the late lamented
and accomplished naturalist Mr. J.
Wolley, has contributed valuable ma- Insert map
terials 1 for the history of the Gar- Old Breeding-ground of Alca impennis.
fowl (Alca impennis, L.), prosecuting
his endeavours to obtain additional
materials for that history, has re-
ceived the body of a specimen, dried,
flattened, featherless, and mummified,
like the Penguins from the guano-
masses of the Peruvian islands. This
specimen was obtained from one of
the oldest breeding-places of the extinct
bird, Funk Island, long. 53*West., lat.
49*45'N., off the coast of Newfound-
land, by the Bishop of that colonial
diocese, and was transmitted by his
Lordship to Mr. Newton, who has
kindly confided it to me for descrip-
tion, with permission to treat the spe-
cimen as might best serve the in-
terests of science.

A preliminary photograph of the
mummy having been taken, it was

See abstract of Mr. Wolley's "Researches in Iceland respecting the Garefowl, or Great Auk (Alca impennis,
linn.)," by Alfred Newton, Esq.,M.A., F.Z.S., 'Ibis,' October 1861,p.374.
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