THE RAZOR-BILL. 



ALCA TORDA. 



Wings reaching to the origin of the tail ; head and upper parts black ; a band 

 across the wing ; an interrupted line from the eye to the base of the bill, 

 and all the under parts white ; bill black, with three or four furrows, of 

 which the middle one is white; irides hazel; legs dusky. In summer the 

 line from the eye to the bill is pure white, and the whole of the throat 

 and neck is black, tinged with red. Length seventeen inches. Eggs white, 

 blotched and spotted with two shades of brown. 



In general habits, the Razor-bill closely resembles the 

 Guillemot and Puffin. Indeed, in some parts of the coast, 

 the Razor-bill is called a Puffin, and the latter a Sea 

 Parrot ; and in Cornwall both Guillemots and Razor- 

 bills are known by the common name of Murrs. At a 



