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THE CHILDREN OF THE COLD. 



It is about the size of a duck, is quite 

 black, has a prominent white stripe on 

 its wings, and its webbed feet are of a 

 brilliant red. When sitting in rows on 

 the edge of some mossy, dark-green 

 rock, these little red feet are very con- 

 spicuous, and, together with the white 

 stripes on the wings, make the dovekie a 

 very pretty bird. Sometimes, when the 

 men have killed a 

 number of dovekies, 

 the Eskimo women 

 cut off the bright red 

 feet, draw out the 



