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BIRDS. PALMIPIDES. 
Fkatercula. 
Length 3 feet. Bill, dorsallj, 3, in front of the nostrils 2|, in the gape 
depth 1 1 inches ; 7 ridges in the upper, and 1 1 in the lower mandible. Legs 
black. Irides chesnut ; margin of the eye-lid black. Inside of the mouth 
orange. Head, back, and neck black, the latter \rith a brownish tinge. QuiUs 
dusky ; secondaries tipped with white. Breast and beUy white. In winter, 
the brownish-black of the throat and fore-neck is replaced by white, as I had 
an opportunity of observing in a living bird, brought from St Kilda, in 1822. 
— (See Edin. Phil. Jour., vol. x. p. 97-) This bird occasionally visits the Ork- 
ney Islands, as witnessed by Mr Bullock {Mont. Orn. Diet. Supp.) I have 
been informed by the same observer, that an individual was taken in a pond 
©f fresh water, two miles from the Thames, on the estate of Sir William Clay- 
ton, in Buckinghamshire. When fed, in confinement, it holds up its head, 
expressing its anxiety by shaking the head and neck, and uttering a gurgling 
noise. It dives and swims under water, even with a long cord attached to its 
foot, with incredible swiftness. 
204. A. Torda. Razor-Bill. — Wings reaching to the rump. 
Bill black, with a white band. A narrow white stripe in front 
of the eye. 
Falk, Martin’s St Kilda, 61, — k. Hoieri, Will. Orn. 242 — Sibb. Scot. 20. 
— A. Tord. Linn. Syst. i. 210 — Penn. Brit. Zoo\. ii. 509 Temm. Orn. 
ii. 936. — Auk, Murre ; S', Marrot ; W, Garfil, Gwalch y penwaig j 
iV, Hioga Common on all parts of the coast. 
Length 1 8, breadth 27 inches ; weight 22 ounces. Bill 2 inches in the gape, 
5 furrows in the upper, and 2 in the lower mandible ; the groove in front of 
the basilar ridge of the upper mandible deep. Feet and claws black. Mouth 
orange. Irides chesnut. Head, neck, and back black ; the throat and fore- 
neck tinged with brown. Breast, belly, sides, and tips of the secondaries- 
white. Tail-feathers 14. In the winter, the throat, front, and sides of the 
neck become white. Female similar — Breed gregariously on the shelves of 
rocks impending the sea- Egg 1, white, tinged with green. Young when 
from the nest, differ from the old birds chiefly in the chin being freckled with 
white ; the bill being nearly smooth, narrow, and destitute of the white band ; 
and the stripe of white before the eyes being distinct. After this bird assumes 
the winter dress, and before the bill acc[uires the dimensions and markings of 
maturity, it constitutes the Black-billed Auk (A. Pica, Linn. Syst. i. 210.) of 
several British ornithologists. 
Gen. XCII. FRATERCULA. Coulternee. — B ase of 
the bill, and part of the cheeks, covered with a coloured 
skin. Nostrils situate on the smooth space, and immediate- 
ly above the marginal, and in front of the basilar ridge. 
205. F. arctica. Common Coulterneb. — Cheeks, chin, breast, 
and belly white ; the crown, neck, and back black, 
Bouger, or Coulterneb, Martin's St Kilda, 62 — Anas arctica, Will. Orn- 
244 Sibb. Scot. 20. — Alca arct. Linn. Syst. i. 211. — Penn. Brit. ZooL 
ii. 512. — Mormon Fratercula, Temm. Orn. ii. 933.— Pope, Puffin, 
Mullet, Sea-Parrot, Willock; S, Tammie-Norrie ; W, Proffingen — 
Regular summer visitant. 
Length 12, breadth 21 inches; weight 12 ounces. Bill short, wide at the 
base, compressed towards the point ; dorsal ridge thin and bent ; fore-half 
yellowish-red, with two or three furrows ; basal half smooth and black ; basi- 
lar ridge yellowish-white, punctured. Legs and margin of the eyeJid radish- 
