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on the fore neck, and the entire upper parts, black ; sides of the 

 head and throat grayish-white ; lower parts white ; a horny sub- 

 stance on the upper eyelid ; feet bright red. Length twelve inches 

 and a half, wing six inches. 



The Puffin is said to inhabit the northern regions of both conti- 

 nents, migrating in Winter to the temperate shores of the United 

 States and Europe. Tn the dreary regions where it dwells, it is said 

 to be very abundant. They associate in large flocks, and pass most 

 of their time on the water, feeding on a variety of small fish, crabs, 

 shrimps, and sea-weed, from which their flesh acquires a rank fla- 

 vor. It is said it builds in great numbers on the cliffs, digging ge- 

 nerally burrows with its bill and claws in the earth, collected in the 

 cavities of the rocks, in which it lays a single egg. It but seldom 

 occurs, and only in winter on the coast of Long Island. 



GENUS ALCA — LINN. 



AUK. 



[Bill about the length of the head, broad at the base, higher beyond the 

 nostrils, hooked, and feathered about half its length ; head rather long ; neck 

 short, thick ; body full ; wings short and narrow ; tail of twelve or more 

 pointed feathers ; feet short, stout, and placed very far behind ; webs entire, 

 hind toe wanting.] 



ALCA TORDA— LINN. 



EAZOR-BILLED AUK. 



Alca Torda, Bonap. 



Razor-bill Auk, Alca Torda, Nuttall. 



Razor-bill Auk, Alca Torda, Aud. 



Specific Character — Bill black, feathered to the nostrils, anterior 

 to which it is high, compressed, with five grooves ; upper mandible 

 much rounded. Adult with the third groove on the upper mandible 

 white ; a similar band on the lower mandible ; a white line from 

 the ridge of the upper mandible passing back to the eye; lower 

 parts and sides of the neck white; head, hind neck, and upper 

 parts of the body black, tinged with brown ; throat, and upper por- 

 tion of the sides of the neck shaded with purplish-brown : the secon- 

 daries distinctly tipped with white ; tail black, the feathers pointed, 

 middle pair longest j feet black. Length seventeen inches and a 



