  A possible relation of the low-lying E1 (pygmy resonance) and toroidal
strengths is analyzed by using Skyrme-RPA results for the strength functions,
transition densities and current fields in $^{208}$Pb. It is shown that the
irrotational pygmy motion can appear as a local manifestation of the collective
vortical toroidal dipole resonance (TDR) at the nuclear surface. The RPA
results are compared to unperturbed (1ph) ones.
