310 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



black, a narrow white streak from base of bill to eye ; secondaries 

 tipped white ; beneath white. Bill corrugated, black, with a 

 white transverse curved line. Legs and feet black. Wing 

 187-198. Tarsus 30-33. Bill 27-30. In winter the white line 

 from bill to eye disappears, and throat and underparts are 

 white. Young are like winter adults but have no corrugations 

 on bill. 



Breeds. — Iceland, Faroes, British Isles, Coasts of Scandinavia, 

 Murman Coast, Heligoland, Brittany Coast, and in Baltic on 

 Bornholm, Gothland, and in Gulf of Bothnia ; also Greenland 

 and eastern N. America. In winter, many wander south as far as 

 Moroccan Coast and Canaries and also into Mediterranean, 

 chiefly west, but occasionally to Malta and Adriatic Sea, and 

 on American Coast south to N. United States. 



Alls. 



Bill short, thick, and curved, nares free; maxilla broader 

 than high; tail 12 feathers; one egg, pale greenish blue, in 

 a cleft of a rock or amongst stones or boulders. 



Alle alle (L.). Little Auk. F7\ Guillemot nain ; Ger. 

 Krabbentaucher ; Swed. Alkekung. 



$ $ summer. Above blue black, wings brown, scapulars 

 edged white both webs, secondaries tipped white ; beneath 

 white, throat and foreneck sooty brown. In winter, throat, sides 

 of neck, and underparts white. Bill black. Legs and feet dark 

 bluish grey. Wingii6-i32. Tarsus 20-22. Bill 13-15. 



Breeds.— lcQ\2ir\d (MevenkHnt and Graemsay), Jan Mayen, 

 Bear Island, Spitzbergen, Franz Joseph Land, Nova Zembla ; 

 also Greenland. Comes south in winter, sometimes in great 

 numbers, to Coasts of W. Europe as far as Azores, but rare 

 in Mediterranean ; also visits American Coast south to 

 ^vXlareli^a. IS lor \ e^i c- \-t^\ 1^^ 



p6v/\,v URIA. 



Bill long, pointed, and only slightly compressed ; nares 

 covered by feathers ; tarsus shorter than middle toe and claw ; 

 eggs 1-3- 



