. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . d ; upper mandiblewith the nasal sinus broad and feathered, the dorsal linearcuate and decurvate, the ridge extremely narrow, the sideserect and transversely grooved, the edges sharp and inflected,with very slight notches close to the small decurved tip;lower mandible with the angle long, and a small horny appen-dage in it, the dorsal line asce
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . d ; upper mandiblewith the nasal sinus broad and feathered, the dorsal linearcuate and decurvate, the ridge extremely narrow, the sideserect and transversely grooved, the edges sharp and inflected,with very slight notches close to the small decurved tip;lower mandible with the angle long, and a small horny appen-dage in it, the dorsal line ascending and toward the end con-cave, the edges sharp and inflected, decurved and direct atthe end. Mouth of moderate width; anterior palate flat, with fiveprominent lines. Tongue slender, trigonal, tapering, pointed;oesophagus wide, excessively dilated in the lower part ;stomach small, elliptical, with the muscular coat ratherthin, with round tendinous spaces ; the epithelium thin,dense, longitudinally plicate ; intestine of moderate lengthand width, with small coeca. In other respects they resemble the Guillemots, and theirhabits are the same as theirs. 340 UTAMANIA TORDA. THE COMMON RAZOR-BITX RAZOR-BILL. COMMON AUK. GURFEL. FALC. MURRE. Fig. S3. Alca Torda. Linu. Syst. Nat. I. 210. Summer. Alca Torda. Lath. Ind. Omith. II. 793. Razor-bill. Mont. Ornith. Diet. Adult in summer. Auk, Black-billed. Mont. Ornith. Diet, and Supplt. Young in winter. Alca Pica. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 210. Winter. Pingouin macroptcre. Alca Torda. Temm. Man. dOrnith. II. 936. Razor-bill Auk. Alca Torda. Selby, Illustr. II. 435. Utamania Torda. Bonap. Comp. List. 66. Length about seventeen inches ; wings reaching to themiddle of the tail, which has tivelve feathers ; hill with fourtransverse grooves, one of which is white. Adult in summerwith the head and upper part of the neck all round hrownish-hlack, the upper parts greenish-black, the lower white ; a nar-row line from the bill to the eye, and t
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