636 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



inches; tail, 3J inches; bill, IJ inches, nearly 1 inch deep. 

 Breeds from Eastern Maine northward. 



" Stragglers make their appearance off the coast in winter, but 

 are rarely met, however. Like many allied birds, is more fre- 

 • quent during some seasons than others, and occasionally has 

 been seen as early as October." 



ALLB, Link. 



alle, L. [Mergulus — Abbott's Catalogue.) Dovekie. Little Auk. 



Bill short and broad ; head, neck and upper parts black ; 

 secondaries tipped with white ; white below ; flanks and scapu- 

 lars streaked ; in summer the sides of head, neck, chest, &c., are 

 dark sooty brown ; in tointer white. Length, 7 to 9 inches ; 

 wings, 4| inches ; bill, | inch. 



" Known in some localities as ' sea-dove.' Appears off the 

 coast about the middle of November, and is seen until the 

 beginning of March. They sit out some distance from the 

 beach, generally two or three at a time. Never are met with in 

 the bays. None breed in the State." 



The Great Auk, Plautus impennis, L. (length, 28 to 30 

 inches,) of coasts of North Atlantic south to Massachusetts Bay, 

 has not been abundant since 1844, and is now believed to be 

 extinct. 



