She also included two extinct birds: the Dodo and the Great auk.

渡渡鸟和雀。

This stuffed animal is not the giant penguin it appears to be, but an auk.

这个毛绒玩具不是它看起来的巨型企鹅，而是雀。

However, evidence suggests that the auk was an excellent swimmer and diver.

然而，有证据表明雀是出色的游运动员和潜水员。

The great auk, as you can see, was a rather large bird, and it couldn't fly either.

如您所见，雀是当的鸟，它也不会飞。

Of course, we believe it's important to take extra precautions to preserve the remaining great auk skins.

当然，我们认为采取额外的预防措施来保护剩余的雀皮很重要。

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 francs.

我没有得到什么新奇的东西，就是拾得个枭的蛋，蛋特别，个珍奇收藏家可能出千多法郎来收买。

This particular kind of auk is very rare --- only 78 skins are known to exist and most are not preserved as well as this one.

这特殊的雀非常罕见——已知仅存在 78 皮，而且多数都没有像这雀那样保存完好。

In fact, records indicate that the auk was rather tasty and that its eggs --- Excuse me...that its eggs and feathers were useful as well.

事实上，记录表明雀非常好吃，而且它的蛋——对不起… … 它的蛋和羽毛也很有用。