ALCID^E. 205 



[Genus PODILYMBUS, Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 595 

 (1831). 



Podilymbus = podi[ceps] + [co]lymbus, as if a hybrid between a Grebe and a 

 Diver. 



Poditymbus podiceps. PIED-SILLED GEESE. 

 Colymbus Podiceps, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 223 (1766) . 



Podiceps. See under the name of the genus Podiceps, p. 202. 



One was reported by Mr. R. B. Sharpe (P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 734) as having occurred the previous winter at Radipole, 

 near Weymouth ; but the species, common in North, Central, 

 and South America, has not been found elsewhere in Europe. 

 (Qf. < Zoologist/ 1881, p. 334.)] 



Family 

 Genus ALCA, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 210 (1766). 



Alca, latinized from the Icelandic dlka, our " auk." 



Alca torda. RAZOEBILL. 



Alca Torda, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 210 (1766). 



Alca torda, Naum. xii. p. 606; Hewitson, p. 468; Gray, 

 p. 217; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 473; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 476; 

 Gould, v. pi. 47; Harting, p. 70; Dresser, viii. p. 557. 



Utamania torda, Macg. v. p. 346. 



The Razorbill, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 366. 



Torda, the name by which it is known in Gothland ; cf . Tordmule, its name 

 in Augermannia, Sweden (Linnaeus, Faun. Suec. 1746, p. 43), and in modern 

 Swedish generally. 



Breeds in suitable localities (which principally occur on 

 the western coasts) throughout the British Islands, from 

 Lundy Island to the Shetlands, and is to be found in British 

 waters throughout the year. It inhabits the Palsearctic and 

 Nearctic seas and coasts. 



