BIRDS OF XliW YORK III 



Ditch Plain, L. I. Dec. 1887. (Stratton). Dutcher, Long Island Notes 



Montauk, L. I. wv, oc. (10-15 flocks). (Scott). " " 



Montauk Point, L. I. Jan. 6, 1887. L. S. Foster 



Gardiners Island, L. I. Jan. 20, 1890. Dead. (Lester). Dutcher 



Saratoga lake, N. Y. Nov. 26, 1893. (2 taken). S. R. Ingersoll; A. S. Brower 



Montauk Point, L. I. Nov. 14, 1901. Braislin, Auk. 20: 51 



Rockaway, L. I. "Regular," Nov. 2-Feb. 6. Braislin, Lin. Soc. N. Y. Proc. 1907. p. 34 



Alle alle (Linnaeus) 

 Dovekie 



Plate 3 



Alca alle Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. to. T75S. i: 131 

 Mergulus alle DeKav. Zool. N. Y. 1844. ])t 2, p. 280, fig. 302 

 A 11 e a 11 e A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 34 



a/'/f, Swedish name of this bird 



Description, Sttinnicr pliiinagc: Head, neck and upper parts sooty 

 V)lack, the front of the neck and breast browner; secondaries tipped with 

 white and the scapulars streaked with the same; belly white. Winter and 

 immature: Similar, but the throat whitish, and sometimes a grayish collar 

 on the neck. Length 8 inches; wing 4.5 ; bill .5 ; tarsus .7. 



This little bird, called also Sea dove, vSea pigeon, Greenland do\'e and 



Ice bird, is an irregular winter visitor to the shores of Long Island and 



New York ba}'. S]iecimens are found on the shore nearh' ever)' winter, 



dead or in an exhausted condition. Off the coast it is frequetith' observed 



from the decks of passing steamers. Like the Briinnich muiTe it sometimes 



straggles up the St Lawrence to Lake Ontario. There is one record for 



Toronto, November 18, 190 1 [see Ames, Auk, 19:94]. The only specimen 



which I have found from the interior of New York State was picked uj) in 



a garden at Sweden, about 15 miles from Lake Ontario and died soon after 



being found. The following records in recent }-ears are worthv of note: 



Long Island, oc, wv. Giraud List. 1844. p. 375 



New York State. Rare on coast. DeKay List. 1844. p. 281 



New York and vicinity. Occurs. Lawrence List, 1866 



Center Moriches, L. I. Jan. 10, 1878. (R. B. Lawrence). Forest and Stream, 10: 235 



" Jan. II, 1878. Berier, Forest and Stream, 10: 37 



West Neck creek, L. I. Nov. 18, 1879. c? . (Worthington). Dutcher, Notes 

 Center Moriches, L. I. Dec. 23, 1881; Nov. 1882. Dutcher, Auk, i: 35 

 Bayport, L. I. Nov. 1882 



