PLATE LXIV. 



ALCA TORDA. 

 RAZOR-BILL. 



Anseres. 



Bill obtufe, covered with a thin membrane, broad, gibbous below 

 the bafe, fwelled at the apex. Tongue flefhy. Legs naked. Feet 

 webbed, or finned. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Bill ftrong, compreffed on the fides. Noftril linear. No back toe, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



§TNO NTMS. 



Bill black ; on the upper mandible four grooves or furrows. 

 Head, Throat, Back, Tail, and Legs black. Tips of the Wings 

 and Belly white. A white line from the eyes to the bill. 



Alca Torda, Lin. Syft. Nat. i. 13©. 63. 1. /. r. edit. 10. 



Scop. Ann. N° 94. 



Brun. N° 100. 



MuIJer, N° 16. 

 Razor-bill, Auk, or Murre, Rail Syn. p. 119. a. 3. 



Will. Om. p. 323. pi. 64. 



Albin. 3. pi. 95. 



Edwards, pi. 358. fig. a. 

 ' "•" . H 2 Penn. 



