556 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
face and chin very smoky white; the upper parts 
and the collar round the neck are black, and all the 
under parts white; the legs, toes and webs are a 
sort of dusky brown: it is smaller than the adult, 
and might almost be mistaken for the Little Auk at 
the first glance, except for the white marks on the 
scapulars and tertials. 
The egg is of dull white, with a few i 
bluish drab spots. 
RazorBinL, Alea torda. This is another of the 
occasional stragglers from the Lundy and South 
Wales breeding stations. It is a larger bird than 
the Puffin, quite equalling, if not exceeding, in size 
the Guillemot, which bird it very much resembles in 
its habits, collecting in great numbers at the same 
breeding stations: they seem, however, to be a little 
more particular in the choice of a place in which 
to lay their eggs, generally choosing niches and 
crannies in the rocks to lay them in, rather than the 
mere ledge of rock, often only just wide enough for 
the egg: the cause of this greater care probably is 
that the eggs, not being so pear-shaped, would roll 
off if placed in the same situation. 
As with the rest of the family, the food of the 
Razorbill, both old and young, is fish and a few 
Crustacea. 
There seems at one time to have been consider- 
able doubt concerning the different plumages of this 
bird, Colonel Montagu considering the young bird ta 
