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2. Razor- 
BILL. 
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TION. 
eS FB 
RAZOR-BILL AUK.  Cuass II. 
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 Aristophanes tells us those 
of Greece did above two thousand years ago. 
See Ths Gel THY OpVISwy [LOVTEVvOMLEYW Tepk TOD TAD, 
Noy} a WTAE, yElwy Eoas, vuvi Wasi, negdes emeorat. 
Aves. 597; 
From birds, in sailing men instructions take, 
Now lye in port; now sail and profit make. 
Alca torda. A. rostro sulcis vi. 89. Tab. 8. fig. 1. Hist. 
quatuor, linea utrinque alba dois. ix. 390. Pl. Enl. 
a rostro ad oculos. (Avis 1003, 1004. ‘ 
adulta.) Lath. Ind. orn. Alcatorda. Gm. Lin. 551. 
793. id. Syn. v. 319. id. Tord, Tordmule. Faun. Suec. 
we 
Sup. i. 264. sp. 139. 
Razor-bill, Auk, Murre. Wil. Norvegis Klub-Alke, Klympe. 
orn. 325. Islandis Aulka, Klumbr, 
Rau Syn. av. 119. Klumburnevia. Groenlandis. 
The Falk. Martin's voy. St. Awarsuk. Danis Alke. a 
Kilda. 33. Brunnich, 100. , a 
The Marrot. Sil. hist. Fife,48. Scopoli, No. 94. 
Edw. av. 358. fig. 2. Br. Zool. 136. Aret. Zool. ii. 
Alea, le Pingoin. Brisson av. 221. ER 
THESE 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 pus and sharp at the otis 4 
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