THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 45 



Abundant off Sandy Hook, December, 1863 (C. C. Abbott) ; several 

 shot at Perth Amboy, January, 1890 ;* one shot on Great Bay, seven 

 miles from Absecon, early in 1884 (W. J. Sherratt 2 ), and another 

 Atlantic City, January, 1899 (Dr. J. F. Prendergast 3 ) . I have also 

 heard of a number of other captures which must have related to this 

 species. 



On the Delaware River it was reported by Mr. C. A. Voelker, in 

 1894, 4 to be of occasional occurrence, while on December 15th and 

 16th, 1897, several flocks of fifteen to twenty birds were seen near 

 Beverly, N. J., by Mr. J. Harris Reed, 5 and several secured, while 

 January llth, 1901, another was killed opposite Byberry. 



In the interior Mr. Babson 6 records one taken at Princeton Novem- 

 ber 25th, 1899, by C. F. Silvester, and another at Cranbury, in the 

 same vicinity, December 16th, 1897. He also tells me of another on 

 the reservoir at Orange, December 24th, 1899. 



It was formerly supposed that U. troile also occurred off our coast, 

 and Mr. H. Bryant 7 states, with some surprise, that Cassin considered 

 the present species to be the only one found off the New Jersey coast. 

 Subsequent experience seems to have confirmed his view. 



32 Alca torda Linnaeus. 

 Razor-billed Auk. 



Adults in spring Length, 15-18. Wing, 8-8.50. Plumage like that of Uria 

 lomvia, but with a white line from the eye to the bill ; bill, black, crossed by a 

 white bar. 



Adults in winter. Like winter plumage of Uria lomvia, but more white on 

 the sides of the head. 



Young in first winter. Similar, but bill smaller without the grooves, and 

 white bar. 



Irregular winter visitant. Some are probably to be found off the 

 coast every winter. Young birds so closely resemble the preceding 

 species that they are constantly confused. 



1 J. K. L., Forest and Stream, January 15th, 1890, p. 511. 



2 O. and O., 1884, p. 48. 



3 Abst. Proc. D. V. O. C., III., p. 10. 



4 Stone, Birds of E. Pa. and N. J., p. 40. 



5 Auk, 1897, p. 202. 



6 Birds of Princeton, p. 34. 



7 Proc. Bost. Soc., N. H., VIII., p. 142. 



