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WHITE-THROATED RAZOR-BILL. 



(Utamania pica.) 



Ut. corpore supra nigro, subtus d guld ad Cauda albo. 

 Razor-bill with the body above black, beneath from the throat to 



the tail white. 

 Alca pica. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 210. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1.551. 

 Alca Torda, femina. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 794. 

 Alca minor. Briss. Orn. 923. pi. 8.f. 2. 

 Alca unisulcata. 13 run. Orn. Boreal, no. 102. 

 Mergus Bellonii, Utamania. Rail, Syn. 119. 

 Le Petit Pingoin. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 396, Biff. PL Enl. 



1004. 

 Utamania Pica. Leach, Cat. Brit. Mas.-p. 42. 

 Black-billed Auk. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 231. Penn. Arct. Zool. 



2. 426. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 320. Wale. Syn. 2. pi. 85. Mont. 



Orn. Diet. 2. and Sup. Betv. Brit. Birds, 2. 167. Lath. Gen. 



Hist. x. 65. 



" Length fifteen inches : the beak is black, of 

 the shape and size of that of the preceding species ; 

 smooth and void of furrows in some : others possess 

 three distinct furrows : that nearest the base white : 

 irides hazel : the top of the head, taking in the eyes, 

 part of the neck, back, wings, and tail, are black : 

 the lesser quill-feathers tipped with white : the side of 

 the head, fore part of the neck, and whole under 

 side of the body white : legs brown-black." 



The above is Montagu's definition of this species, 

 which I have transcribed in order to prevent con- 

 fusion, as it is his firm opinion that it is truly distinct 



