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  Alca 
  torda 
  Linnaeus 
  

   Razor 
  -hilled 
  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. 
  Clieck 
  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. 
  I. 
  Mar. 
  5, 
  1878. 
  Collection 
  of 
  Robert 
  Lawrence. 
  Butcher, 
  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. 
  S^ 
  (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) 
  . 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  