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ORD. III. GEN. VI. AUK. 



SPE. III. RAZOR-BILLED AUK. 



PL 225. 



Alca torda. Lin. Syft. I. p. a 10. 

 Le Pingoin. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 89. 



This fpecies weighs near a pound and half; is eighteen inches in length, 

 and in breadth twenty-feven. The bill is two inches long, arched, very ftrong, 

 fharp at the edges, of a black colour, and marked with tranfverfe grooves, 

 one of which, that neareft the head, is white, and croffes both mandibles , from 

 the bill to the eye is a line of white : the head, throat, upper part of the body, 

 and wings, are brownifh black : the under fide of the body white : the tips of 

 the lefs quill feathers the fame, forming a white band acrofs the wing: the tail 

 feathers are black and pointed : legs black. 



The razor-bill appears in our feas in February, and breeds in May. It 

 inhabits the ledges of rocks hanging over the fea, and lays one very large egg, 

 without any neft, on the bare rock. 



