RAZOR-BILL. 
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blackish ; lower throat and rest of under surface of body dull 
whitish ; sides of body like the back. 
The first plumage, after the downy stage, is black above, 
including the sides of the face and sides of neck, the black 
extending across the lower throat ; under surface of body 
white, the lower flanks with dusky tips ; along the upper edge 
of the lores is a very narrow line of white ; the bill is black, 
very narrow, and shows a white “nail” on the end. 
Adult Male. — General colour above black, including the 
wings and tail, the secondaries tipped with white, form- 
ing a band ; entire sides of face and sides of neck velvety- 
brown, occupying the upper part of the throat, but ex- 
tending in a weil-defined line down the sides of the latter 
across to the sides of the upper breast, leaving the white 
of the low'cr throat and fore-neck to end in a blunt triangle ; 
entire under surface from the lower throat downwards, pure 
white, the fore-part of the tibia brown ; under wing-coverts 
and axillaries white ; a distinct line of white running from the 
base of the culmen along the upper lores to the middle of the 
eye ; “ bill black, with a curved transverse white line in the 
centre on each side ; legs, feet, and claws brownish black ; iris 
hazel” (SeeMim). Total length, 15 inches; culmen, 1-4; 
wing, 7-3; tail, 3'o; tarsus, I'a; middle toe and claw, I’S. 
Adult Female. — Similar to the male. Total length, 16 inches ; 
wing, 7-2. 
Adult in Winter Plumage. — Similar to the summer plumage as 
regards the upper surface, but having no blackish brown on the 
throat ; the feathers of the lores dark brown, extending back- 
wards in a band below the eye across the ear-coverts ; area 
behind the eye white, extending over the sides of the neck, and 
including the whole of the cheeks and the entire throat and 
under surface of the body ; the white line along the upper edge 
of the lores very indistinct, but still traceable; the bill with 
ridges and the transverse white line. 
Young in Winter Plumage. — Similar to the adult in winter 
plumage, but always to be distinguished by its smaller and 
narrower bill without vertical ridges ; the white loral line is 
either obsolete or scarcely traceable. 
