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the Genus ; the upper mandible dusky red, the lower whitish, marked 

 with a black spot, having an angle as in a Gull ; the nostrils a slit 

 near the edge, and covered with a dusky skin; the plumage on the 

 upper parts is black, on the under white; sides of the head dusky 

 white; throat dusky; wings and tail the same, the last very short; 

 legs red. — A specimen of the above, supposed to have come from the 

 Coast of Labrador, is in the British Museum. 



5— RAZOR-BILLED AUK. 



Alca Torda, Ind. Oni. ii. p. 793. Lin. i. 219. Fn. suec. No. 139. Gm. Lin. i. 551. 



Scop. i. No. 94. Brun. No. 100. Mailer, p. 16. Pall. Spic. v. p. 3. Bris. vi. 



92. t. 8. f. 1. Id. 8vo. ii. 383. Borowsk. iii. p. 33. Fn. Groenl. 78. No. 50. 

 Pingouin macroptere, Tern. Man. 616. Id. Ed. ii. 937. 

 Plautus Tonsor, Klein, 147. Id. Stem. 37. t. 38. f. 2. 

 Alca Hoievi, Raii, 119. A. 3. Will. 243. t. 64.65. 

 Scheerschnabel, Shrift, de Berl. Nat. ix. 25. 

 Der Alk, Bechst. Deutsch. iii. 744. Id. Ed.'u iv. p. 711. 

 Le Pingoin, Buf. ix. 390. t. 27. PI. en!. 1003. 

 Razor-bill, Auk, Murre, Gen. Syn. v. 319. Id. Sup. 264. Br. Zool. ii. No. 230. pi. 



82. Id.fol. 136. Id. 1812. ii. p. 148. pi. 27. Edw. pi. 358. f. 2. Bewick, ii. 



pi. p. 164. Lewin, vi. pi. 224. Id. pi. xlvii. i. the egg. Donov. iii. pi. 64. Wale. 



i. pi. 84. Pult. Dors. p. 17. Orn. Diet. Sf Supp. 



LENGTH eighteen inches; breadth twenty-seven; the weight 

 twenty-seven ounces. Bill two inches long, black, and curved at 

 the point, the feathers coming greatly forwards at the base, and 

 crossed with four transverse grooves, one of which is white, forming 

 an oblique band on both mandibles; inside of the mouth yellow; 

 irides hazel; plumage, for the most part, black; from the base of 

 the forehead, to the eyes, a narrow white line ; the under parts of the 

 body, from the breast, are white ; the greater wing coverts tipped 

 with white, forming a band on the wings ; tail cuneiform, consisting 

 of twelve pointed feathers ; legs dusky black. 



The Razor-bills first appear the beginning of February, but do 

 not settle on their breeding places, with intent to lay, till the early 



