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

 Length eight inches, wing four and a half. 



The " Sea" or " Greenland Dove," 1 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 :o the Arctic coast. 



"In Greenland and Spitzhergen the igregate in large flocks; 

 and in the depth of winter, watchin ion of ■ in the 



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

 into every fissure or flaw, in order .; al ' i b . marine produc- 

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

 on the coast of Labrador. They are al me with a Newfound- 

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

 with these bird-: in great numbers on the co; ! of Greenland, 



where they were shot daily, and supplied hip's company, 



who found them very palatable, and fre fr ; my fi:hy taste, 

 though their food eo isists shiefly of a small £ secies ? "no (cancer) 

 with whi he . 3as abound/' 



GENUS URIA -LATH. 

 GUILLEMOT. 



[Bill shorter than the Lead, strong and tap in id large ; neck short 



and thick ; body rather long and stout , wings aarro hsi short; tail 



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



URIA TROILE— LII 



FOOLISH GUILLEMOT. 



Uria Troile, Bonap. 



Uria Troile, Foolish Guillemot, Sw & Rich. 

 Foolish Guillemot, or Mure, Nuttall. 

 Foolish Guillemot, Uria Troile, Aud. 



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

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



