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BIRDS OF NORTH CAROLINA 



A razor-billed Auk was taken at Cape Lookout, North Carolina, by Lieutenant 

 Foley, U. S. N., February 15, 1890 (Auk, 1890, vol. 7, p. 189, Merriam). Two other 

 specimens were killed about the same date by Augustine Finer, a taxidermist at 

 Morehead, and for years remained unidentified in his collection. They were dis- 

 covered and purchased by Pearson in July, 1898. (Auk, 1899, vol. 16, p. 242.) 



Genus Alle (Linn.) 

 8. Alle alle (Linn.}. DOVEKIE. 



FIG. 5. DOVEKIE. 



Ads. in summer. Upperparts, wings and tail sooty black; sides and front of neck and upper 

 breast somewhat browner; secondaries tipped and scapulars streaked with white; lower breast 

 and belly white. Ads. in winter, and Im. Similar, but throat whiter or washed with dusky 

 and sometimes a gray collar on nape. L., 8.00; W., 4.50; Tar., .70; B., .50. (Chap., Birds 

 of E. N. A.) 



Range. North Atlantic, breeding in the arctic regions; it winters from Greenland to Long 

 Island, and casually to North Carolina. 



Range in North Carolina. Coastal region rarely in winter. 



The Dovekie lives well out at sea and is seldom seen near land except when blown 

 in by severe gales. There are but few records of its occurrence in North Carolina. 

 One taken in Currituck Sound in 1901 or 1902 is preserved in the collection of the 



