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5 ALLE 1 LI TTLE AUK, GREENLAND DOVE, OR 

 J SEA-TURTLE. 



A. rostro Icevi conico, abdomine toto sublus remi- 

 gumque posticarum apicibus albis, pedibus nigris. 

 Lath. 



The bill is short and black, thick, strong and con- 

 vex ; feathered half way to its point ; the crown of 

 the head is flat and black ; plumage above black, be- 

 neath, and the tips of the lesser quills are white; the 

 scapulars are black and white ; the legs and feet 

 scaly ; the webs black. 



The female lays one bluish white egg. 



GENUS LIT. 



URIA. 



Bill slender, pointed ; the upper mandible slightly 

 bending towards the end ; base covered with short 

 feathers ; nostrils lodged in a hollow near the base ; 

 tongue slender, almost the length of the bill ; legs 

 furnished with three toes, all placed forwards and 

 webbed. 



