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Alca torda Linnaeus 

 ■ Razor-billed Auk 



Plate 3 



Alca torda Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. lo. 1758. i: 130 



DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 283, fig. 304 

 A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 32 

 al'ca, Icelandic alka, auk ; tor'da from tord the name of the bird (Coues) 



Description. Breeding plumage: Head, neck and upper parts black, 

 deep brown on the sides of head and throat, sunken Hne of white from the 

 eye to base of bill; tips of secondaries and under parts white; bill and feet 

 black, the bill ringed with white. Winter and young: Duller, more white 

 on neck. 



Length 16-18. 5 inches; extent 25-27; wing 7.75; tail 3.5; graduated 

 about 1.25; bill 1.3, greatest depth of bill .9; gape 2.25; tarsus 1.25; middle 

 toe and claw 2. Young smaller than adults, with slender bills. 



The Razor-bill, or Tinker, inhabits the coast of the north Atlantic, 

 on the American side, breeding from Grand Manan and the Magdalens to 

 high latitudes. It is an uncommon winter visitant on the shores of Long 

 Island, and purely accidental on our inland waters. Most of the specimens 

 taken have been found dead or exhausted on the shore. The principal 

 dates are as follows: 



Center Moriches, L. L Mar. 5, 1878. Collection of Robert Lawrence. Dutcher, Long 



Island Notes 

 Southampton, L. I. Jan. 15, 1884. Dead. (Burnett). Auk, 2: 38. Dutcher, Long 



Island Notes 

 Smith's Point, L. I. Feb. 2, 1884. Dead. (Albin). Auk, 2: 38. Dutcher, Long 



Island Notes 

 Southampton, L. I. Feb. 6, 1884. Dead. (Green). Auk, 2: 38. Dutcher, Long 



Island Notes 

 Amagansett, L. I. Nov. 25, 1884. (Edwards). Dutcher, Long Island Notes 

 Bellport, L. I. Feb. 2, 1885. (W. E. T. Smith). 

 Quogue, L. I. Dec. 2, 1885. 6^ (Jessup). 



Montauk Point, L. I. Dec. 3,1886. (Scott, c off the point). Dutcher, Long Island Notes 

 Montauk Point, L. I. Dec. 10, 1886. (Helme, "Active wave"). Dutcher, Long Island 



Notes 

 Sag Harbor, L. I. Dec. 10, 1886. (2). (Helme). Dutcher, Long Island Notes 

 Southold, L. I. Jan. 26, 1887. (Worthington). " " 



