DOVEKIE; SEA DOVE 
34. Alle alle. 8 inches. 
These little auks, called “ice birds ” by the fishermen, 
are very abundant in the far north. In summer, they 
have a blackish brown throat and breast, but they are 
never seen in the United States or southern parts of 
the British possessions in that plumage. In winter, 
their throats and sides of the head are white as well 
as the rest of their upper parts. At all seasons the 
edges of the scapulars and tips of the secondaries are 
white, as are usually spots on each eyelid. tven in 
winter, they are only casually found on our coast, for 
they keep well out at sea. Occasionally they are blown 
inland by storms and found with their feet frozen fast 
in the ice of some of our ponds or lakes. 
Nest.—They lay single pale greenish blue egg 
vs, plac- 
ing them in crevices of sea cliffs; size 1.80 x 1.25. 
Range.—Breeds on islands in the Aretie Ocean and 
on the coasts of Northern Greenland; winters south to 
Long Island and casually farther. 
