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COMMON RAZOR-BILL. 



(Utamania Torda.) 



Ut. corpore nigro, suhtus d medio jugulo albo, linea utrinque 



alba a rostro ad oculos. 

 Razor-bill with the body black, beneath from the middle of the 



jugulum white^ a white line on each side from the beak to the 



eyes. 



Alca Torda. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 210. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 551. 



Brun. Orn. Boreal, no. 100. Briss. Orn. 6. 892. pi. 8.f. \. 



Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 793. 

 Alca Hoieri. Rail, Syn, 119. ^. 

 Utamania Torda. Leach, Cat. Brit. Miis. p. 42. 

 Le Pingoin. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 390. Buff. PI. Enl. 1003. 



Cuv. Reg. Anim. 512. 

 Le Pingoin macroptere. Temm. 7nan. d'Orn. 616. Id. 2 Edit. 



ii. 937. 



Razor-bill, Auk, or Murre. Pejin. Brit. Zool. 2. 230. pi. 82. 

 Edtv. Glean, pi. 358./. 2. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 319. Lath. 

 Syn. Siipp. 264. Lexio. Brit. Birds, 6. pi. 224. Don. Brit. 

 Birds, 3. pi. 64. JValc. Syn. 1. pi. 84. Mont. Orn. Diet. I. 

 and Supp, Beiv, Brit. Birds, 2. pi. 164. Lath. Gen. Hist. 

 X. 63. 



Length about fifteen inches : the beak is black, with 

 three or four grooves, and a pure white transverse band 

 in the middle : the irides bright brown : the top of 

 the head, the nape, the sides of the neck, and all the 

 upper parts are deep black : the cheeks, the throat, 

 and superior part of the front of the neck are black, 

 shaded with reddish : a white longitudinal band runs 

 from the middle of the beak to the eyes : the quills 

 are dusky-brown ; the secondaries are slightly edged 



