384 ALCA TORDA. 
when they were bought by the late Lord Garvagh, and were subsequently scld 
to my friend the late Mr. G. D. Rowiey—an old schoolfellow of Mr. Wolley’s,— 
whose son still possesses them. According to Prof. W. Blasius (J. f. O. 1884, 
p. 159) they came to the Museum at Boulogne in the year 1825 from the col- 
lection of Vicomte de Barde, in whose possession they had been for some thirty 
years, The presumption therefore is in favour of their transatlantic origin. 
Considering the retranslation undergone, for the present is the copy of a copy, it 
is creditable to the fabricators that so much of the original marking is still 
recognizable, for such is the case, though as a work of art the performance is 
not much to be praised. } 
ALCA TORDA, Linneus. 
RAZORBILL. 
§ 4838. Zwo.—Flamborough, Yorkshire. Bought at Bridling- 
ton [?] not later than 1843. 
Readily distinguished from the Guillemots’ with which they are 
intermixed, though in far less numbers, in the breeding-places at 
Flamborough, and thence brought to the neighbouring towns and 
retailed at three a penny. They are rounder at the small end, not 
subject to so much variety, and the edges of the markings are 
shaded off. 
§ 4839. Nine.—Flamborough. From Mr. Williamson, of 
Scarborough, 1847. 
Mr. Williamson says the climbers saw the birds fly off, and 
brought the eggs up separately for him, 
§ 4840. Fifty-four.—Handa, Sutherland, 9 June, 1849. 
The Razorbill bred on more secure-looking ledges than the 
Guillemot, often behind large stones, and nearer the top of the rocks. 
I caught many of the birds on their egg. Of the above, thirty-seven 
are marked “J. W.,” meaning that I took them with my own hands ; 
two are marked “ Bird caught”; and three “ Bird seen on,” or 
«“R”—these I actually saw the bird leave on my approach. By 
this means I determined several eggs about which I might be in 
doubt whether they were not Guillemots’. 
