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THE BIKDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Bill, black, or blackish; wing, less than 5 inches 

 ong (carpus to tip"). 



Family ALCID/E. Subfamily ALLIN/E. 



Dovekies. 

 Little Auks. 

 See page 30. 



Very large wing, ovei- 19 inches long; upper mandible, 

 cui-ved near tip, forming a hook, the end (unguis) en- 

 larged; nostrils, separate and tubular; bind toe. rudimen- 

 tary, often apparently wanting. 



Family DIOMEDEID/E. Albatrosses. 

 See page 4(5. 



Shearwater. 



Petrel. 



Fulmar. 



Nostrils, tubular, united in one double-barrelled 

 tube ; front toes, palmate (full webbed; ; hind toe, very 

 small, and in some cases entirely absent ; upper mandi- 

 ble, curved near tip ; wing, less than 19 inches long. 



Family PROCELLARIID/E. 

 Shearwaters, Petrels, and Fulmars. 

 See page 46. 



