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leaves, and is used for hedges. [Written also pinguin.] Arctic penguin (Zoöl.), the great auk. See Auk.

An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot.

A division of swimming birds which includes the grebes, divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back.

A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix.

lle, or Alle alle) common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called also little auk, dovekie, rotch, rotchie, and sea dove.

r with the Foxes, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin. [Written also Sauks.]

The little auk, or rotche. See Illust. of Rotche.

Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively.

The razor-billed auk.

e usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings. Deut. xxxii. 11.…