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THE BIRDS OK EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



r.ill, black, 01- ))lackish; wins, less thnii 5 inoliP'^ 

 lous (cavims to tiii). 



Family ALCID/E. Subfamily ALLIN/E. ^^ 



Dovekies. 

 Little Auks. 

 Se" page 30. 



Very liirse wing, ovim- 19 inches long: uppev mandible, 

 curved near lip, forming a hook, the end (unguis) en- 

 larged; nostrils, sepai'Mte and tubular; liind toe, I'udiuien- 

 tarv. often apparently wanting. 



Family DIOMEDEID.^. Albatrosses. 

 See page 46. 



Sljeur\v;ttrr. 



Petrel. Fulni.Tr. 



Nostrils, tubular', united in one double-barrelled 

 tnlie; front toes, pabna,tc (full webljeilj ; hiud toe, very 

 small, and in some eases entirely absent; upper mandi- 

 ble, curved near tip: wing, less than 19 inches long. 



Family PROCELLARHD/E. 

 Shearwaters, Petrels, and Fulmars. 

 See page 40. 



