2a THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 
Bill, black, or blackish; wing, less than 5 inches Tika 
long (carpus to tip). - hl 
Family ALCIDA2. Subfamily ALLINA. FOC Ca 
Dovekies. >= 
ittle Auks. 
Little s a ate 
See page 30. 
Very large wing, over 19 inches long: upper mandible, 
curved near tip, forming a hook, the end (unguis) en- 
larged; nostrils, separate and tubular: hind toe, rudimen- 
tary, often apparently wanting. 
Family DIOMEDEID-E. Albatrosses., 
See page 46. 
Shearwater. Petrel. Fulmar. 
Nostrils, tubular, united in one double-barrelled 
tube; front toes, palmate (full webbed); hind toe, very 
small, and in some eases entirely absent; upper mandi- 
ble, curved near tip; wing, less than 19 inches long. 
Family PROCELLARIIDA. 
Shearwaters, Petrels, and Fulmars. 
See page 46. 
