It is, perhaps, the alca monochroa of Steller, mentioned in the history of Kamtschatka.
"A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16"
Robert Kerr
There are some, however, here, that I do not remember to have seen any where else; particularly the alca monochroa of Steller, before mentioned; and a black and white duck, which I conceive to be different from the stone-duck described by Krascheninicoff.
"A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16"
Robert Kerr
The wingless auk, alca impennis, a bird remarkable for its excessive fatness, was very abundant two or three hundred years ago in the Faroe Islands, and on the whole Scandinavian seaboard.
"The Earth as Modified by Human Action"
George P. Marsh
