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EEl" AXD DESCRIPTION 



Length, 17; wing 8 (7|-8J-); tail, 2^; tarsus, IJ; culmen, 1|. Coasts 

 and islands of the North Atlantic ; breeding from the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence northward, and wintering south to southern 

 New England. 



(■). Briinnich's Murre (31. Uria Idmvia). — 

 A bird siuiilur to the last, but "with a 

 smaller and shorter bill and a slightly 

 loiigei' wiug. Ill breeding i)lumage 

 there is some difference of color, 

 but in winter, Avhen found in the 

 waters off our eastern shores, 

 the difference in length 

 of bill is the distin- 

 guishing mark. (Thick- 

 billed ]\rurre.) 



Length, 17 ; wing, 8\ 

 (7i-8f ) ; tail, 2^ ; tar- 

 sus, 1^ ; culmen, 1^. 

 Coasts and islands of 

 the North Atlantic ; 

 breeding from the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence north- 

 ward, and wintering 

 south to New Jersey. 



7. Razor-billed Auk (IVJ. Alva tarda). — A short, high, thin- 

 billed auk, with the ujjper parts generally sooty -black, and the 

 lower parts white. The 

 black l)ill is crossed by a 

 white band, there is a white 

 line from the bill to the 

 eye, and a line is formed 

 on the wings by the white 

 tips of the secondaries. The 

 bill is flattened sidewise, 

 Avhence the bird derives the 

 name of razor-bill. It has 

 the habit when on the water of turning its tail almost directly 

 upward. (Tinker.) 



Hmre 



1. Bninnicli's Murre 



2. Mnrre 



