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RAZOR-BILL AUK. Class IL 



appearance they direct their measures, being 

 then assured that land is not very remote. Thus 

 the modern sailors pay respect to auguries, in 

 the same manner as Ai^istophanes tells us those 

 of Greece did above two thousand years ago. 



Tl^os^el 'fig as) t'wv o§v]^ujv [/.avtsvofxiyu} its^i tou ifXov, 

 Nyvf ^•^ TfAeT, ^sijxujv ero-h yvv) itKil, >is^Sog s'ffsa'Tai. 



Aves. 597. 



From birds, in sailing men instructions take. 

 Now lye in port j now sail and profit make. 



2. Razor- Alca torda. A. rostro sulcis 

 BILL. quatuor, linea iitrinque alba 



a rostro ad oculos. ("Avis 



adulta.) Lath. Ind. orn. 



793. id. Syn. v. 319. id. 



Sup. i. 264. 

 Razor-bill, Auk, Murre. fill. 



orn. 325. 

 Rail Syn. av. 11 9. 

 The Falk. Martins voy. St. 



Kilda. 33. 

 TheMarrot. Sih. hist. Fife, AS. 

 Hdw. av. 358. Jig. 2. 

 Alca, le PIngoin. Brisson av. 



vi. 89. Tah. 8. Jig. 1. Hist. 



d'ois. ix. 390. PL Enl. 



1003, 1004. 

 Alca torda. Gm. Lin. 551. 

 Tord, Tordmule. Faun. Suec. 



sp. 139. 

 Norvegis Klub-AIke, Klympe. 



Islandis Aulka, Klumbr, 



Klumburnevia, Groenlandis 



Awarsuk. Danis Alke. 



Brunnich, 100. 

 Scopoli, No. 94. 

 Br. Zool. 136. Arct. Zool. ii. 



221. 



Descrip- XHESE species weigh twenty-two ounces and 

 a half. The length is about eighteen inches; 

 the breadth twenty-seven. The bill is two inches 

 long, arched, very strong and sharp at the edges ; 



