BIRDS. ANSERES. 33. Alca. 337 
Bill comprefTed, 2-edgcd, with 4 grooves ; orbits, and tem- 
ples white ; upper eye-lid daggered. Puffin. 
2. Crown cinereous ; chin and body above black, beneath 
■white. 
Inhabits the northern feas of Europe, Afta and America in vaft 
flocks ; : 2 inches long ; feeds on fmall flih, crabs and fca- 
weeds ; flefh rank except -when very young ; eggs excellent. 
Body black ; cheeks, brtajl and belly white ; bill red, with a 
black bale ; upper cyc-lid with a lharp flelliy point ; kgs red. 
^^dora Bill carinate, the tower mandible angular ; noftrils covered 
■with a dulky membrane. Labradore Auk. 
Inhabits Labradore; 12 inches long. 
Bill narrow, upper mandible dulky-red, lower whitifh, with 
a black fpot near the tip ; orbits and temples whitilh ; chin„ 
toiiigs and tail dulky ; legs red. 
Bill compreffedi edged ; an oval fpot each fide before the 
eyes. Penguin. Great Auk. 
Inhibits Europe and America ; 3 feet long ; is timid ; cannot 
fly, and feeds on filh 5 egg 6 inches long, white, with pur- 
plifh lines and fpots. 
Bill black, with 8 — 10 grooves ; wings fiinrt, appearing to be; 
only the rudiments ; fecondary quill jeathers tipt with white ; 
kgs black. ' 
Bill with 4 grooves, and a white line each fide as far as the 
eyes. Razor-bill. 
Inhabits Europe and North America; 18 inches long; lays 
1 whitillr brown egg varied with yellowifli, and irregular 
[)urple Ipots, in inatceffible rocks and precipices. 
Bill black, with 4 tranlverle grooves, the largeft white ; bodj^ 
black, beneath from the middle of the throat white ; lecon- 
dary quill- feat hers tipt withtvhite ; kgs black ; in the young 
bird the bill has but one groove, and in the ftill younger 
there is no line from the bill to the eyes. 
Bill comprefTed, a little grooved; body blackifh ; back with 
nifty fpots ; creft frontal, bending forwards. 
Crejied Auk. 
Inhabits the iflands between Afa and America ; a toot long j 
is ftupid and eafily caught ; lays in rabbits’ holes or clefts. 
Bill red ; crejl with 6 or 7 feathers longer than the reft ; be- 
hind the eyes each flde a white band ; tongue thickifh, entire ; 
rump hoary' ; legs livid. 
Vol. I, 
Tetraculu, 
