Show nature gave great auk no method of defense the great auk or gare care fowl was the only bird in the northern hemisphere that could not dot fly in general tippo appearance annee it resembled tile the penguin it was about as large as a booie goose was black on its hand and back and white ben beneath its legs lega were very far back so it stood almost upright having on land the appearance of sitting on its tail it ranged from the hay bay of ula eny cay to to greenland and was found in greatest numbers ou on certain rocky ta li lands near iceland and newfoundland it was wag quite helpless against enemies 0 on n land anti and was killed largely for the sake it f its feathers fon thera the last known was killed in 1844 1944 its eggs are valued battled hy by collectors binh bringing na as high as aa there are only about seventy exita blest known the great auk was the biggest of a large family farnoly in the species comprising guillemots guille gullie or burres and puffins they breed in vist vast mixed communities on cliff ledges from greenland iceland and SpItz spitzbergen bergen to tile the st SL lawrence Ln wrence maine and northwestern europe they lay a large blotched blot clied egg pointed at one enil end so tt it tends to roll in a circle thus not falling ailing from the ledge |