ClafsII. AUK. 403 



II. The AUK. 



Razor-bill, Auk, Murre. Wil. Alcatorda. Lin.fyft. 210. 



om. 222. Totd, Tordmule. laun. Suec.jp. 



Raiifn. aai. I ig. * 39* 



The Fa'k. Martins <voy. St. Norvegis Klub-Alke, Klympe. 



Kilda. 22. IJlandh A olka, K.lumbr. Klum- 



The Marroc. Sib. hill. Fife. 48. burnevia.G;w«/«W/iAwarfuk. 



Ediv. a<v. x c3. /%. 2. Daw, A Ike. Brunnich. 10c. 



AlcaV.le Pingoin. hrijfon av. vi. Br. Zool. i$6. 



89. ta£. 8..j5g> >• 



TF^HESE fpecies weigh twenty-two ounces and a Defer. 



JL 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 ; the lower with three ; the widell 

 of which is white, and croflfes each mandible. The in- 

 fide 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 black ; the wings 

 of the fame color, except the tips of the leffer quii- 

 feathers, which are white : the tail confifts of twelve 

 black feathers, and is fharp pointed : the whole un- 

 derfide of the body is white : the legs black. 



Thefe birds, in company with the Guillemot, ap- 

 pear in our feas the beginning of February ; but do 

 not fettle on their breeding places till they begin to 

 lay, about the beginning of May. They inhabite the 

 ledges of the higheft rocks that impend over the fea, 

 where they form, a grotefque appearance ; fitting 



clofe together, and in rows one above the o:her. They 



properly 



