84 AUKS, MURRES, PUFFINS, ETC. 



ities; eggs 2 to 4, white or greenish, heavily 

 marked with black and brown. Note, when 

 disturbed, a mournful whistle ; also gives a 

 'chuckling cry. Common in winter off the 

 coast, not far from land, from N. E. to N. J. 

 Migrates south in early Oct., north in April. 

 It is often called Sea Pigeon. 



12. MANDT GUILLEMOT. 



Ditt'ers from the Black Guillemot in 

 having the white patch on the wing larger, 

 and it is never divided by a black wedge. It 

 breeds from the coast of Labrador, northward. 

 Southward range in winter not well known. 



13. DOVEKIE. 



The smallest of the group, 8, easily rec- 

 ognized by its small size, short neck, and 

 small bill. It looks tiny on the water, upon 

 which it rides buoyantly, fig. 25. Like many 

 of the allied species, the head is black all 

 around in summer, but the throat is white 

 to the bill in winter, and there is a whitish 



