British zoology . f its toes,is three feet; the bill, to the corner of the mouth,four inches and a quarter: part of the upper man-dible is covered with fhort, black, velvet likefeathers; it is very ftrong, comprefTed and mark-ed with feveral furrows that tally both above andbelow : between the eyes and the bill on each fideis a large white fpot: the reft of the head, the neck,back, tail and wings, are of a glofiy black : thetips of the lefTer quil-feathers white: the whole un-der fide of the body white : the legs black. Thewings of this bird are fo fmall, as to be ufelefsfor flight: the length
British zoology . f its toes,is three feet; the bill, to the corner of the mouth,four inches and a quarter: part of the upper man-dible is covered with fhort, black, velvet likefeathers; it is very ftrong, comprefTed and mark-ed with feveral furrows that tally both above andbelow : between the eyes and the bill on each fideis a large white fpot: the reft of the head, the neck,back, tail and wings, are of a glofiy black : thetips of the lefTer quil-feathers white: the whole un-der fide of the body white : the legs black. Thewings of this bird are fo fmall, as to be ufelefsfor flight: the length, from the tip of the longedquil-feathers to the firft joint, being only four inch-es and a quarter. This bird is obferved by feamen never to wan-der beyond foundings j and according to its appear-ance they direct their meafures, being then afTuredthat land is not very remote. Thus the modernfailors pay refped to auguries, in the fame manner • Macaulaf shift. St. Kilda* p. 156. as i i . JVo %9Q{ LITTLE RAZOR BILL JV? Z3C
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