Class II. RAZOR BILL. 



as Ariftophanes tells us thofe of Greece did above 

 two thoufand years ago. 



Ufosgsi ti$ as) twv ogviSuv [MXVTzuofjcEva TStoi ts ttaS, 

 Nw! tw ntel, X 2l t /MV ztm, vim ttXeT, he flog sTrsrcci. 



Aves. 597. 



From birds, in failing men inftruttions take, 

 Now lye in port ; now fail and profit make. 



5°9 



Razor-bill, Auk, Murre. 



Wil. orn. 325. 

 Raii fyn. aft. 1 19. 

 The Falk. Martin's <voy. St. 



Kilda. 3 3 . 

 The Marrot. Sib. hiji. Fife, 



48. 

 Ed™. a<v. 358. Jig. 2. 

 Alca, le Pin^cin. BriJJon a r J. 



VI. 89. Tab. S.fg. 1. 



Alca torda. Lin. fyfi. 210. 

 Tord, Tordmule. Faun. Suec. 



fP- *39- 

 Norvegis Klub- Alke, Klympe. 



IJlandis Aulka, Klumbr, 



Kl u m burnevia : Groetilandis 



Awarfuk. Danis Alke. 



Brunnicb, 1 00. 



Br. Zool. 136. Scopoli, No. 



94. 



230. Razor- 

 bill. 



THESE fpecies weigh twenty-two ounces and Descrip. 

 a half. The length about eighteen inches : 

 the breadth twenty-feven. The bill is two inches 

 long, arched, very ftrong and fharp at the edges ; 

 the color black : the upper mandible is marked 

 with four tranfverfe grooves j the lower with three ; 

 the widen: of which is white, and crofTes each man- 

 dible. The infide of the mouth is of a fine pale 

 yellow : from the eye to the bill is a line of white : 

 the head, throat, and whole upper fide of the 

 body are blacky the wings of the fame color, ex- 

 cept 



