. The water birds of North America . common toboth sides of the North Atlantic. Ale a torda. THE EAZOR-BILLED AUK. Aha torda, Linn. S. N. I. 175S, 130 (adult) ; ed. 12,1. 1766, 210. —Aud. Orn. Biog. III. 1S35, 112 ; V. 1839, 428, pi. 214. —Cass, in Bairds B. N. Am. 1858, 901. — BAIBD, Cat. N. Am. li. 1859, no. 711. — COHES, Check List, 1873, no. torda, Leach, Stephenss Gen. Zool. -XIII. 1825, 27. — Coues, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1868, 18; Key, 1S72, 340; Check List, 1SS2, no. 877. — Kidgw. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. pica, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 210 (young, or winter plu
. The water birds of North America . common toboth sides of the North Atlantic. Ale a torda. THE EAZOR-BILLED AUK. Aha torda, Linn. S. N. I. 175S, 130 (adult) ; ed. 12,1. 1766, 210. —Aud. Orn. Biog. III. 1S35, 112 ; V. 1839, 428, pi. 214. —Cass, in Bairds B. N. Am. 1858, 901. — BAIBD, Cat. N. Am. li. 1859, no. 711. — COHES, Check List, 1873, no. torda, Leach, Stephenss Gen. Zool. -XIII. 1825, 27. — Coues, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1868, 18; Key, 1S72, 340; Check List, 1SS2, no. 877. — Kidgw. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. pica, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 210 (young, or winter plumage). — THE AUKS — ALCA. 473 Aha batlhica, BRUNN. Oin. Bor. 1764, 25, no. 101 (immature, without white line from bill to eye). Aha unisuhala, BkUsn. t. c. no. 102 (young). Alca glacialis, Bkehm, Vog. Deutschl. 1S31, 1004. Aha islaudica, , t. u. 1005. Aha microrhynchw, Breiim, Vogelf. 1S55, 410. Hab. Coasts and islands of the North Atlantic, down to about latitude 40° in winter. Japan ?{fide Schlkgel).. ecs moreand fore- A. tarda. Sp. Char. Adult, in summer: Head, neck, and upper parts black, the hea< fuliginous, and changing to soft, velvety snuff-brown on the under portion of llneck ; secondaries narrowly tipped with white ;a narrow white line running from the base of the culnien to the eye. Lower parts, including ,^. * -»- jugulum, axillars, and lining of the wing, im-maculate white. Bill black, botli mandiblescrossed about the middle by a white line ;inside of mouth gamboge-yellow; iris deephazel ; feet black (Audubon). Adidf. inwinter: Whole under portion of the head, tore-neck, and post-auricular region white ; no whiteline from eye to bill ; bill without basal lam-ina. Otherwise like the summer : Similar to the winter plumage, butbill smaller, perfectly smooth, and without tinwhite bar across the middle portion. Total length, about inches ; wing, to ; tail, ; culnien, ; great-est depth of bill, .90 ;
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