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the lower parts white ; scapulars and secondaries same as in spring. 

 Length eight inches, wing four and a half. 



The " Sea" or " Greenland Dove," I am informed is occasional- 

 ly seen by the fishermen at Egg Harbor, when they are hauling 

 their nets outside of the beach. It is a good diver, flies well, and 

 subsists on small fish ; not being very timid, it is easily secured. 

 The collection of Mr. Lawrence contains a specimen that was killed 

 at Raynor South. In the United States it is rare. It is often 

 met with far at sea, and is said to breed on the Arctic coast. 



"In Greenland and Spitzbergen they congregate in large flocks; 

 and in the depth of winter, watching the motion of the ice in the 

 offing, when it is broken up by storms, they crowd by thousands 

 into every fissure or flaw, in order to snatch up the marine produc- 

 tions on which they subsist." Mr. Audubon found a few breeding 

 on the coast of Labrador. They are also met with at Newfound- 

 land, where it is called 'Ice Bird.' "Captain Ross's party met 

 with these birds in great numbers on the west coast of Greenland, 

 where they were shot daily, and supplied to the ship's company, 

 who found them very palatable, and free from any fishy taste, 

 though their food con.sists chiefly of a small species of crab (cancer) 

 with which the Arctic seas abound." 



GENUS URIA — LATH. 

 GUILLEMOT. 



[Bill shorter than the head, strong and tapering ; head large ; neck short 

 and thick ; body rather long and stout ; wings narrow and rather short ; tail 

 very short and rounded ; feet short, and placed far behind.] 



URIA TROILE— LINN. 



FOOLISH GUILLEMOT. 



Uria Troile, Bonap. 



Uria Troile, Foolish Guillemot, Sw. & Rich. 

 Foolish Guillemot, or Mure, Nuttall. 

 Foolish Guillemot, Uria Troile, Aud. 



Specific Character — Bill black, much compressed toward the end, 

 from the corner of the mouth to the point two inches and a quarter; 



