| 单词 | auk |
| 例句 | I named it Auk I, after the great auk, an extinct bird that couldn’t fly. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He noted a reference to the great auk on the White Album track “Wind in Our Sail,” “which is a bird that became extinct two centuries ago.” Rivers Cuomo of Weezer Taps His Inner Beach Boy 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The catching of the auks is fun – fishing in the sky with nets on long springy poles. TV review: Human Planet 2011-01-27T23:05:00Z Some of these birds are well known: the great auk and the dodo, for example. A Roundup of Holiday Coffee Table Books 2012-11-22T19:55:15Z The mourned dead, like the great auk, the penguin of the north, only occasionally intrude. We Aren’t Destroying the Earth 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Like Monty Python's infamous dead parrot, the great auk that author Margaret Atwood is knitting probably shuffled off his mortal coil, ran down the curtain and joined the choir invisible 150 years ago. Ghosts of Gone Birds: exhibition enlists artists to save endangered species 2011-08-24T06:00:02Z For such a short poem, a considerable distance is covered – from a road to an ode, from a walk to an auk. Chain Ghazal: Chickens by Esther Greenleaf Mürer 2013-03-18T12:33:15Z Anglican saints were always hunted to extinction, just like great auks. Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford 2012-08-24T21:55:03Z Not so fun for the auks, but there seem to be plenty of them up there. TV review: Human Planet 2011-01-27T23:05:00Z McGrain’s subjects have included, among others, the passenger pigeon, the great auk, the Labrador duck, the heath hen, and the Carolina parakeet. The Forest Elephants of the Central African Republic Are in Peril 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The sculptures—figures of polar bears, red knot birds, Eskimo curlew, and the extinct great auk—are covered with tar, lime, and glue. Confronting my Exxon Valdez horror 25 years later 2014-03-26T23:00:00Z Both are great auks making do in a world of modernity and muddle. Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford 2012-08-24T21:55:03Z Birdlife supporter Atwood - author of the Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake and the Blind Assassin - will speak at the exhibition as well as submitting a knitted great auk. Ghosts of Gone Birds: exhibition enlists artists to save endangered species 2011-08-24T06:00:02Z "In the small intestine/of the little auk/we found Mexico City, Manila, Shanghai, New York." Simon Armitage: Poet laureate on 'life-changing' visit to the Arctic 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Despite their prodigious size, Kumimanu and Petradyptes possessed primitive flippers reminiscent of modern seabirds like auks and puffins that fly and dive. The Biggest Penguin That Ever Existed Was a ‘Monster Bird’ 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Many sights described in his vivid prose can no longer be seen, like the great auk, which the naturalist mistakenly called a penguin. Audubon’s writings on ocean voyages and seabirds complicate his legacy 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z I'd better forgo the five syllables And stick with “a gull!” or “an auk!” Style Invitational Week 1494: Put it in bee-verse 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z This puts great auks in the same doomed-by-humans category as the passenger pigeon and the moa. Why the Great Auk Is Gone for Good 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z By about 1850, the great auk was extinct; the last two known specimens were hunted down by fishermen on Eldey Island, off the coast of Iceland. Great auk: Humans hunted seabird to extinction 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Man has long imperilled beast, as reflected by the extinction of the passenger pigeon, great auk, and Tasmanian tiger. Pandas, Pangolins, and China’s Fitful Attempts at Wildlife Conservation 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z The murre hunt has a long tradition in Newfoundland, where seabirds, from great auks to eiders, provided sailors with much-needed protein after the long voyage from Europe. Hunting ‘Turr’ in Newfoundland’s Frigid Waters 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z No longer hunted for its meat and down, the great auk and its eggs became a target for their scientific value. Scientist under attack after he kills bird that took decades to find 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Not so long ago, the northern seas were full of great auks. Why the Great Auk Is Gone for Good 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z In fact, the genetic timeline Dr Thomas and her colleagues were able to create showed, at the time the intensive great auk hunting began, the species was doing "really well". Great auk: Humans hunted seabird to extinction 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Among those were a surprising number of seabirds, including auks and guillemots, remaining in the Arctic instead of flying south - and somehow fishing in the dark. Arctic ocean's wakeful winter revealed - BBC News 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z The scientists suspect that when they journey to the Canadian coast the little auks switch their diets to fish, which more readily accumulate mercury than the birds’ normal fare of crustaceans. Arctic Seabirds Expose Mercury’s Hiding Places [Slide Show] 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The idea was to save the punt, and the artisans who build them, from the fate of the great auk and the Beothuks. Can an Inn Save Newfoundland’s Fogo Island Museums and merchants started paying top dollar for great auk eggs and skins. Why the Great Auk Is Gone for Good 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Ectopistes migratorius, once numbering in the billions, joined the ranks of the dodo and the great auk. A third of US birds 'in decline' 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z The last confirmed sighting off a great auk took place on an island off Iceland, in 1844, but it’s likely that stray birds lived on for years, even decades. A Century of Extinction 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z When autumn arrives, the little auks seek warmer climes, south of the Arctic circle, such as the coasts of the U.K. or Canada’s eastern shores. Arctic Seabirds Expose Mercury’s Hiding Places [Slide Show] 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The great auk, a flightless bird that stood nearly 3 feet tall and vaguely resembled a penguin, was last sighted around 1844. Can an Inn Save Newfoundland’s Fogo Island In this way, the great auk went extinct. Why the Great Auk Is Gone for Good 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “Once There Were Billions: Vanished Birds of North America” An exhibition of specimens and illustrations of extinct birds includes the passenger pigeon, heath hen, great auk and Carolina parakeet. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, June 19-25, 2014 In fact, writes Fuller, a British writer who has also written books about the dodo and the auk, the animals looked more like dogs than like tigers, and they were marsupials, related to kangaroos. A new book is one of the only places where you can see exotic, extinct animals 2014-03-03T21:59:29Z The researchers joined one group of little auks near Newfoundland and took blood samples from untagged birds. Arctic Seabirds Expose Mercury’s Hiding Places [Slide Show] 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Guillemots, auks and razorbills were among the bird species which washed ashore UK maritime chiefs are to ask the international governing body to reclassify a pollutant that affected thousands of birds on the south coast. Call for bird pollutant review 2013-09-24T23:27:39Z So they compared DNA from 41 different great auks, including the two endlings killed in Iceland. Why the Great Auk Is Gone for Good 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Guillemots are members of the auk family and gather in large colonies around the coast of the UK. Guillemot eggs are self-cleaning 2013-07-05T00:42:36Z The Great auk Pinguinnus impennis is thus no longer the only seabird known to have become extinct in the north-east Atlantic in historic times. Tubenosed seabirds that shear the waves: of Calonectris, Lugensa, and Puffinus (petrels part VII) 2013-02-10T21:45:00.213Z “The crested auks that I study smell like tangerine during the breeding season,” Dr. Hagelin said, “and they spend a lot of time sniffing each other around the nape of the neck.” Basics: For Birds Whose Odor Conveys Fear, No Tweets Necessary 2012-08-13T22:58:32Z Dukes and dodos, great families and great auks, one felt that they would soon all be extinct together. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z But how did the great auks maintain such high diversity even though they couldn’t fly? Why the Great Auk Is Gone for Good 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The shores reverberated with the cries of the little auks, cormorants, divers, and gulls. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z So far as I can tell, it mostly relates to early confusion between these birds: the term ‘puffin’ may originally have been used for shearwaters, not for auks. Tubenosed seabirds that shear the waves: of Calonectris, Lugensa, and Puffinus (petrels part VII) 2013-02-10T21:45:00.213Z In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z For instance, assume there were once 2 million great auks in the world. Why the Great Auk Is Gone for Good 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Beechey describes an uninterrupted line of little auks flying in the air three miles in length, and so close together that thirty fell at one shot. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z A fulmar kept in captivity with gulls and auks managed to kill five of them by soaking them with oil. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z When almost in despair there came seal after seal, and scores of arctic dovekies, or little auks in winter plumage. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Up there shall start ten thousand wings With a rustling, whistling din; Up shall the auk and fulmar start, All but the fat penguin. The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z Each spring, puffins, a member of the auk family, begin nesting, laying a single egg in a rock crevice. Green Blog: The Secret Life of the Rambling Puffin 2012-02-09T21:22:21Z An Awkward Name.—'Arry, on a marine excursion, hearing mention made of the two sea-birds the great auk and the little auk, inquired if the little auk was a sparrow-'awk. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z Kittiwakes, solons, gulls, guillemots, auks, and puffins, they whirled and wheeled around the ship in hundreds, screaming and shrieking and laughing. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Great auks and penguins, that lined the shore in rows, flapped their apologies for wings, but never dreamed of making their escape. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z A number of eggs have been sold in London, the prices ranging from £200 down to £42, this last being much less than prices paid for eggs of the great auk. Animals of the Past 2011-11-16T03:00:27.497Z Dovekie, duv′ki, n. the little auk, a diving bird of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The rotchie, or little auk, lays its single egg upon the bare rock, far within a crevice beyond the reach of fox, owl, or burgomaster gull. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z The topics on which Mr. Deeley had conversed so fluently passed in an orderly array before his mind: Apes, acoustics, angels, Apollo, adders, albumen, auks, Alexander the Great, anarchy, adenoids——He had it! The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z It was April, another month, another long, long four weeks—and early summer and sunshine would come and bring back with them the birds—the grebe, the auk, the wild duck and guillemot. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z But then, the great auk is somewhat of a fad, and there are just enough eggs in existence to bring one into the market every little while. Animals of the Past 2011-11-16T03:00:27.497Z Hundreds of little auk skins are gathered, chewed and prepared, and as the night comes the garment is built blouse-shaped, with hood attached. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z All the duck kind waddle; divers and auks walk as if fettered, and stand erect, on their tails. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z It has witnessed the extinction of the great auk, so utterly swept off the face of the earth that the skin, or even the egg of one, is a small fortune to the possessor. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z When I marry, my ambition will soar beyond being bottled in alcohol or boxed in sawdust or cotton wool, like a centipede or a cracked egg of the great auk. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z The extermination of the great auk in European waters was somewhat similar. Animals of the Past 2011-11-16T03:00:27.497Z On its southern exposure the eroded Huronian rocks provide shelter for millions of little auks. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Anseres Ducks, geese, gulls, petrels, pelicans, penguins, loons, auks, etc. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z To appreciate this, it is sufficient to enumerate the birds without the critical muscle: Passeriformes and Coraciiformes, without exception; Ardeae and Podiceps; lastly various genera of storks, pigeons, parrots, petrels and auks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Of the latter some have three toes, as the penguin, auk, &c.; others have four. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Besides, the number of eggs of the great auk is a fixed quantity, while no one knows how many more of Æpyornis remain to be discovered in the swamps of Madagascar. Animals of the Past 2011-11-16T03:00:27.497Z As yet we had no caribou meat, and the little auks, which had been gathered in nets during the summer, with the eider-duck bagged later, soon disappeared as a steady diet. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z But there was not a sound like the barking of dogs, only noisy auks, harsh-toned little auks, and screaming kittiwakes. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The great auk or gair-fowl, a bird about 3 feet in length, used to be plentiful in northerly regions, and also visited the British shores, but has become extinct. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis They consist of petrels, swans, geese, pelicans, grebes, auks, gulls, and divers; these last are more particularly of the duck family, of which there are over thirty distinct species in and about this immediate region. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia The supposed decimation of the Moas by severe winters has been already discussed, and the extermination of the great auk in European waters was indirectly due to natural causes. Animals of the Past 2011-11-16T03:00:27.497Z Large flocks of little auks rushed rapidly by. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z It was strange to be using paddles again and to see the water swarming with birds—auks and little auks and kittiwakes all round. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The dodo, quagga, passenger pigeon, great auk, aurochs, Key deer, bison, African elephant, gorilla, tiger—there's an awful list. Thy Rocks and Rills Flamingo, parrots, and tall secretary birds followed the giant gastornis, the ancestor of wading birds and ostriches, which stood ten feet high, but had wings as small and useless as the auk of later times. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place The puffin uses its wings under the water, and so do the other members of the auk family. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North Approaching a highland of emerald green and seal brown, I heard the wild shouting of hawks from the summit, and from below the shrill chattering of millions of auks with baby families. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z At last, however, we got in under a high, perpendicular basaltic cliff,4 which swarmed with auks. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The auks and puffins, scared from their rocky perches, plunged into the ocean, and rose at a little distance to look for the reason of the disturbance. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier Others brought auks and murres; but the Judge still led the van. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 There are very few auks left to-day, but there were lots of them when Audubon the naturalist visited Labrador ninety years ago. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North The air was full of countless gulls, guillemots, little auks and eider-ducks. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z During the summer we not only shot a number of fulmars, black guillemots, skuas, auks, and little auks, but also a couple of eider-ducks, and even a brace of broad-beaked snipe. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Sea-birds in great numbers hovered about the cliffs on the shore, and what most aroused their astonishment and interest, were the solemn, ungainly auks, which had their abodes along the beach. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier Between me and the auk the upper half of the cliff made a deep recess, terminating in a right angle, with a platform of granite some seventy-five feet below. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 But the razor-billed auk doesn't make any nest—it just lays its egg on the bare rock in the biting cold. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North Similarly the auks, divers, puffins, terns, and grebes, noddies, and guillemots may be associated together in one order—the order Pygopodes. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 For instance, Scott-Hansen and I one night shot 9 little auks, 1 kittiwake, and 1 skua, and the following day 21 more little auks and 2 black guillemots. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The stormy petrel is supposed to herald bad weather, and the great auk to tell that land is very near. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The puffin is an odd little fellow, smaller than the auk, but of the same general hue, with a short neck and a queer bill. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 As for the innumerable gulls, and gannets, 195 and terns, and lesser auks, which made the air forever loud about these lonely islets, nothing could have induced them to pay him any attention whatever. Kings in Exile Perhaps I am like the Princess in the fairy story whose 288 heart was an auk’s egg. Turn About Eleanor We saw some little auks again yesterday; they came from the south, probably from land. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 This is true enough as regards the auk, which never ventures beyond soundings; but one doubts the truth of the popular belief that when the sea-gulls hover near the shore, a storm is at hand. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore But there was a deplorable lack of information about the haunts and habits of the auk. The Land of Thor Their numbers are beyond calculation, consisting of petrels, swans, geese, pelicans, auks, gulls, and divers. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Smaller creatures, birds like the dodo and the great auk and a whole troop of others less familiar, have disappeared and are disappearing under the human blight. More Science From an Easy Chair The little auk is no longer to be seen or heard; the only birds are an ivory-gull now and then, and occasionally a fulmar. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 "One of the ostrich variety, my son,—seeing that the great auk is dead," said McLaughlin solemnly. Skinner's Dress Suit I might possibly be able to get hold of the auk, and thereby secure money enough to pay expenses, and make certain a niche in the temple of fame. The Land of Thor Guillemots or auks, so called in our northern islands from their wary habits. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. “King penguin” is another of its names, from its superior size, as it is the largest of the auk or penguin family. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure When far off they uttered cries which reminded me of that of the wryneck, and which I at first thought came from a little auk. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 "You do, indeed,—and I'm only sorry that the great auk is dead!" Skinner's Dress Suit Upon the whole, I thought it would not do to depend upon the auk. The Land of Thor Aquatic birds of passage of the auk kind on our western coasts; called also razor-bills. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. They are classed under the general names of auks and penguins. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World All the birds seemed to have disappeared to-day; not even a cheery little auk to be seen. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 I knew they were called ‘little auks,’ from descriptions the sailors had given me of them. Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner Labrador! with its auks and puffins, its seals and sea-tigers, its whales and walruses? Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses You've got to have a farm and turkeys or big hens if you want to raise auks. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein The great auk is but a memory; the bittern booms more rarely in our eastern marshes; and now they tell me Brigadiers are extinct. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 If my brain grew fatigued with unwonted labor, I could set off with Jackson for the top of the moraine to shoot auks, which swarmed under the basalt walls. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The little auks came in great numbers, and these birds I was told formed their principal subsistence in the summer season; indeed sometimes this is their only kind of food. Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner At latitude 50.18, about Funk Island, is one of the last refuges of the great auk. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell It don't stand to reason; for now and then somebody gets a great auk egg. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein Taking one of the auks, he twisted off its head, put his forefinger under the integuments of the neck, drew the skin down backwards, and the bird was skinned. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole Two auks were lying close to the bow, and the thought of having auk for supper was too tempting; we were in want of food now. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 “So one day the Dean said to me, ‘Hardy, can’t we catch some of these little birds,—auks you call them?’ Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner At the time of which we write, the great auk was found in myriads on the low rocky islets on the eastern shores of Newfoundland. The Crew of the Water Wagtail "Abner, did you ever hear about the eggs of the great auk?" John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein “Shra–a–a–auk!” roared the train, as with diminished speed it passed beneath them. True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best Our supply of meat was exhausted but for some auks we had shot, and we had not many pieces of blubber left. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The reason is plain, their wings are placed too forward out of the true centre of gravity, as the legs of auks and divers are situated too backward. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Not only was the great auk slain in vast numbers, for the sake of fresh food, but it was salted by tons for future use and sale. The Crew of the Water Wagtail I've offered to take you in because you've got a farm, and because I think you're a good man, and would know how to take care of auks when they was hatched. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein The shirts of the male and female Esquimo are made from the skin of the auks, and one hundred and fifty of these little birds are used in the manufacture of one shirt. A Negro Explorer at the North Pole They now found plenty of little auks up in the clefts of the mountains, and had no longer to depend on our stone-hard frozen bear-meat. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 It is not enough to put the redman as a specimen under glass along with the auk and the dinosaur. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Some of the party, however, had more of the hunter’s than the fisher’s spirit in them, and prepared to make raids on the homes of the great auk, or to ramble in the forests. The Crew of the Water Wagtail In fact, had his suppositions been nearly correct, the remaining specimens of the great auk would have been birds of very temperate dispositions, so far as latitude was concerned. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein Other creatures, such as the great auk, were destroyed for food, and others like the marten for their furs. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told We then determined to shoot birds, but the auks flew too high, and all we got was a couple of fulmars. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 As we went on, we espied scores of little auks sitting upon the low cliffs. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' What we’ve got to do is to find meat, for them auks are nigh as dry as the fish. The Crew of the Water Wagtail "Not looking for auks' eggs?" inquired the Next Neighbor. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein It has become a giant, terrible bird, the great auk of music, that seizes you in its talons and spirals into the empyrean. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers While Johansen put up the tent and prepared supper, consisting of my two auks, I fell asleep. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The next a few fresh "turr," a very "fishy" sea auk, are left ever so quietly inside his woodshed—and so it goes. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour The creature which he had thus killed with man’s most primitive weapon was a specimen of the great auk—a bird which is now extinct. The Crew of the Water Wagtail And when I've found a couple o' auk eggs, I'll pack 'em up nice and warm in cotton, and send 'em down to you, and have 'em hatched. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein Millions of little auks breed along this shore. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Almost every day he was up under the rock shooting auks, which formed a daily dish at dinner. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 "Wild auk, you mean," said Professor Farrago, shaking hands with me. In Search of the Unknown If it works properly we’ll soon have somethin’ better to eat than fish, an’ more substantial than rabbits, ducks, partridges, or auks.” The Crew of the Water Wagtail Great auk eggs is wuth twenty-one thousand and six hundred dollars a dozen!' John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein The principal species are ... puffins, gulls, cormorants, Cornish choughs, the eider duck, auks, divers, guillemots, razor-bills, widgeons, willocks, daws, starlings, and pigeons. Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island. When Johansen was out this morning at six, he thought he saw little auks in millions flying up the sound. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 I tried to realize that I was gazing upon the last individuals of an all but extinct race—the sole survivors of the gigantic auk, which, for thirty years, has been accounted an extinct creature. In Search of the Unknown Now and then it was drowned in the raucous, deafening shriek of auks which swarmed from nearby cliffs and soared in clouds over the shore. The Eternal Maiden Now the p'int is to find out where them great auks lay. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein What happened to the great auk and the Labrador duck in the Gulf? Supplement to Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Supplement to an Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. Before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation in January, 1911 Johansen saw ten flocks of little auks flying up the sound this morning. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 "If," said I, "you have anything in this region more important to science than the great auk, I should be very glad to know about it." In Search of the Unknown Millions of auks swarm from their moss-ensconced grottos; an oppressive clamor beats the air. The Eternal Maiden Some very old men can still remember the great auk, which is now as extinct as the dodo. Draft of a Plan for Beginning Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador I'm sure there must be lots of ducks and gull and tern eggs out on the islands, and puffin and auk eggs on the cliffs along the shore. Bobby of the Labrador When Johansen went out this morning the mountain above us was covered with little auks, which flew twittering from crest to crest, and sat all over the glacier. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 I had constructed a cage made of osiers, in which my auks were to squat until they arrived at Bronx Park. In Search of the Unknown As they sped northward past great promontories they saw several auks. The Eternal Maiden Allow genuine residents of the Canadian Labrador to take ducks' and gulls' eggs up to the 1st of June, and murres', auks' and puffins' eggs up to the 15th of June. Draft of a Plan for Beginning Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador It's a strange place for any bird to leave eggs, but that's where the kittiwakes, auks and swimmers and some of the gulls and lots of birds make nests and lay eggs. Bobby of the Labrador Little auks we also saw, and some Ross’s gulls, and a couple of terns. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 It is generally accepted," I replied, sarcastically, "that the great auk has been extinct for years. In Search of the Unknown Inside this was lined with the breasts of baby auks and made downy with fibrous moss. The Eternal Maiden The great auk and the Labrador duck have both become utterly extinct within living memory. Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 Paralyzed be th' boldness iv th' wolf, th' camel an' th' auk fled fr'm th' scene iv havoc, as is their wont. Mr. Dooley Says In the cliffs overhead were hundreds of screaming little auks, and beside us the snow-buntings fluttered from stone to stone with their cheerful twitter. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Rather red in the face, I said: "Don't you believe the great auk to be extinct?" In Search of the Unknown I asked the value of a great auk's egg, and was surprised to learn that a specimen had recently been sold at auction for something like three hundred pounds. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919 The birds, which had hitherto been seen since our first approach to the ice, were fulmar peterels, little auks, looms, and a few gulls. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 In this process, the bodies of thousands of auks were burned as fuel, in working up the remains of tens of thousands of others. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Above our heads, all up the face of the cliff, the little auks kept up a continual hubbub, faithfully supported by the ivory-gulls, kittiwakes, burgomasters, and skuas. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 There's something else," he said, running, a pine-sliver through his pipe-stem—"something that interests us all here more than auks, big or little. In Search of the Unknown I inquired whether all the great auks' eggs that came on the market were genuine, or whether "faked" specimens were to be met with. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919 They were indifferent, no doubt, to the fishy flavour of the auks and the guillemots, and only noticed that they were splendidly fat. Pioneers in Canada Connecticut: Passenger pigeon, Eskimo curlew, great auk, Labrador duck, upland plover, heath hen, wild turkey; puma, gray wolf, Canada lynx, black bear, elk. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation While we were lying there, I suddenly heard a noise behind me, and on looking around I saw two foxes fighting over a little auk which they had just caught. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 "You are already celebrated as the discoverer of the mammoth and the great auk," she persisted. In Search of the Unknown One of the genuine great auks"—his voice fell to a whisper—one of the genuine great auks was made by me." The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents All the duck kind waddle; divers and auks walk as if fettered, and stand erect on their tails. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Tom Peregrine shot one a few years back; also a puffin, a bird with a parrot-like beak and of the auk tribe. A Cotswold Village The terms nim and auk, dance and tree, and the local ong, are introduced to describe the particular locality and circumstances of the mythologic dances. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Then I asked him whether these birds of Halyard's were really great auks, and he replied, somewhat indifferently, that he supposed they were—at least, nobody had ever before seen such birds near Port-of-Waves. In Search of the Unknown My dear fellow, half the great auks in the world are about as genuine as the handkerchief of Saint Veronica, as the Holy Coat of Treves. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents It would undoubtedly be mistaken for an auk, when seen from a distance, either on the wing, or when diving and quietly swimming about the retired channels of Tierra del Fuego. The Voyage of the Beagle Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section D and E If we modern Americans do not go on south we will join the Indians, the auk and the dodo. The University of Hard Knocks The day before I was to set sail with my auks in a cat-boat bound for Port-of-Waves, Halyard trundled up to me in his chair and announced his intention of going with me. In Search of the Unknown You know I have made some dodos and a great auk? The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents When I meet a brutal looking fellow I often think that he and his type may soon be as extinct as the great auk. The Stark Munro Letters The river, too, seems to change its character, and become a pale serpent, uncoiling itself from some mountain fastness where no living creatures besides great auks and carrion birds, dwell. Yorkshire It was a fight long to be remembered, with hits as scarce as auks' eggs, and runs out of the reckoning, for six innings. T. Haviland Hicks Senior "Well," he rasped out at length, "what do you think of my auks—and my veracity?" In Search of the Unknown He would let me go about looking like a perfect auk. The Albany Depot : a Farce The extinction of the Labrador duck and the great auk have often been deplored. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young THE DUCK.—This bird belongs to the order of Natatores, or Swimmers; the most familiar tribes of which are ducks, swans, geese, auks, penguins, petrels, pelicans, guillemots, gulls, and terns. The Book of Household Management Why should you sneak out of a dorm., bearing a football like it was an auk's egg? T. Haviland Hicks Senior It doesn't matter; nothing can add to the despair of a man who has lost two great auks. In Search of the Unknown The great auk species was massacred and extirpated on Funk Island because it could not get away from its sordid enemies who destroyed it for a paltry supply of oil. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations The last skeleton of the great auk was sold for $600, the last skin for $650, and the last egg brought the fabulous sum of $1,500. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young Going to dark bed there was a square round Sinbad the Sailor roc's auk's egg in the night of the bed of all the auks of the rocs of Darkinbad the Brightdayler. Ulysses The modern enquirer will recognize, perhaps, the great auk which once abounded on the coast, but which is now extinct. The Mariner of St. Malo : A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques Cartier But if you hear of any great auks being found, kindly throw a table-cloth over their heads and notify the authorities at the new Zoological Gardens in Bronx Park, New York. In Search of the Unknown He had gone so far up the shore hunting little auks that he hadn't seen a thing that had happened. The Eskimo Twins These were auks, as agile and supple in water, where they are sometimes mistaken for fast bonito, as they are clumsy and heavy on land. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Felicitously he ceased and held a meek head among them, auk's egg, prize of their fray. Ulysses At all events, though the auks could not well have been drowned, no traces of them were seen after the date mentioned. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire I feel, somehow, that this man Halyard has got an auk—perhaps two. In Search of the Unknown And he hadn't killed any little auks either. The Eskimo Twins The only unusual object I picked up was an auk's egg of remarkable size, for which a collector would have paid more than ₣1,000. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea All the duck- kind waddle; divers and auks walk as if fettered, and stand erect on their tails: these are the compedes of Linnaeus. The Natural History of Selborne Handle it as though it contained a dozen eggs of the extinct great auk, worth about a thousand dollars apiece. Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record I said; "I can swallow the auks, feathers and claws, but if this fellow Halyard is hinting he's seen an amphibious creature resembling a man—" "—Or a woman," said the professor, cautiously. In Search of the Unknown Soon they passed the Big Rock with little auks and puffins flying about it. The Eskimo Twins "You probably believe them to be razor-billed auks," he said, contemptuously. In Search of the Unknown |
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