4OO ALCID^E : AUKS. 



their comparative numbers may perhaps be obtained from 

 the fact that during the past two years I have procured 

 some thirty specimens from different points on our coast 

 (from Grand Menan to South Bristol), and out of this 

 number only one was a representative of the common 

 Guillemot (L. troile). The experience of Mr. N. A. 

 Eddy of this city is exactly similar, and out of about an 

 equal number of specimens he has obtained but a single 

 example of troile. Other collectors in this vicinity who 

 have received numbers of Guillemots have not obtained 

 a specimen of L. troile" (Bull. Nutt. Club, vii, 1882, p. 

 191.) Mr Brewster continues the subject : "At differ- 

 ent times during the past ten years I have examined 

 specimens from various points along the shores of Maine, 

 New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, and all of the 

 numerous birds that have come under my notice have 

 proved to be Brunnich's Guillemots. Indeed the exam- 

 ple of L. troile mentioned by Mr. Merrill is the only 

 New England one of which I have any knowledge." 

 (Bull. Nutt. Club, vii, 1882, p. 251.) 



RAZOR-BILLED AUK. 



UTAMANIA TORDA (L.) Leach. 



Chars. Brownish-black, browner on the head and throat ; under 

 parts from the throat (in summer ; from the bill in winter, and in 

 young), tips of secondaries, and sharp line from bill to eye, 

 white ; bill black, with a white, curved line ; mouth yellow. 

 Length, 16.00-19.00; wing, 7.00-8.00 ; tail, 3.00-3.50, graduated 

 i. oo or more; tarsus 1.00-1.25; bill, 1.33, along gape 2.25, 

 nearly i.oo deep. 



Chiefly a winter visitant along the coast, to which all 

 the species of this marine family are confined. Long 



