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, i/ven 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 eggs, plac- 

 ing them in crevices of sea cliffs; size 1.80 x 1.25. 



Range. Breeds on islands in the Arctic Ocean and 

 on the coasts of Northern Greenland; winters south to 

 Long Island and casually farther. 



