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34>. Dovekie. Alle alle. 



Range. — Coasts and islands of the North At- 

 lantic and Bast Arctic oceans, breeding in the 

 Arctic regions and wintering as far south as the 

 Middle States. The little Dovekie or Sea Dove is 

 the smallest member of the family, being only 8 

 inches in length, and is the only member of the 

 sub-family allinae. The form is very robust and 

 the bill is short and stout. In summer the plum- 

 age is black above; the throat and upper breast 



Dovekie 



Pale greenish blue 



are sooty brown, and the under parts are white, 

 as are also the tips of the secondaries and edges 

 of the scapulars. They nest in large numbers 

 on the Rocky cliffs of islands in the East Arctic. 

 Their single pale greenish blue egg is placed in 

 a crevice of the rocks. Size 1.80 x 1.25. Data. — 

 Greenland, June 8, 1893. Single egg laid in a 

 crevice of a sea cliff. 



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MURRE — White, buff, 



deep greenish blue 



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