Class II. RAZOR BILL. 509 



as Ariftophanes tells us thofe of Greece did above 

 two thouland years ago. 



Hzozod Tig aei TW ofnSuv (juz'ST£UO/j.cvj) 'ssi^i ts axS, 

 N;/v« fxri 7rhn t xeipw erai, wn ttXeT, xsftos ejercu. 



Aves. 597. 



From birds, in failing men instructions take, 

 Now lye in port ; now fail and profit make. 



Razor-bill, Auk, Murre. Alca torda. Lin.fyjl. 210. 230. Razor- 



7/7/. orn. 325. Tord, Tordmule. Faun. Suec. bill. 



Raii fyn. av. 119. fp. 139. 



The Falk. Martin's <voy. St. iW^fg-z"jKlub-Alke,Klympe. 



Kilda. ii> ' Ijlandis Aulka, Klumbr, 



The Marrot. Sib. hijt. Fife, Klumburnevia. Groenlandis 



48. Awarfuk. Danis Alke. 



Edw. az>. 358. fig. 2. Brunnichy 1 00. 



Alca, le Pingoin. BriJJbn av. Br. Zoo/. 136. Scopoli, No. 



VI. 89. Tab. 8. fig. I. 94. 



THESE fpecies weigh twenty-two ounces and Descrif, 

 a half. The length about eighteen inches : 

 the breadth twenty-feven. The bill is two inches 

 long, arched, very ftrong and fharp at the edges ; 

 the color black : the upper mandible is marked 

 with four tranfverfe grooves •, the lower with three -, 

 the wideft of which is white, and erodes each man- 

 dible. The infide of the mouth is of a fine pale 

 yellow : from the eye to the bill is a line of white : 

 the head, throat, and whole upper fide of the 

 body are black ; the wings of the fame color, ex- 

 cept 



