SWIMMING BIRDS. Dovekle 



Least Tern: Sterna antillarum. 



Length : 9 inches. 



Male and Female : Legs and bill yellow. Crown black ; black wings ; 



tail, and rump gull-blue. A few outer wing feathers black; 



below white. 

 Season : A migrant, formerly a summer resident along the Atlantic 



coast. 

 Breeds : Casually through its range. 

 Range : Northern South America northward to California and New 



England and casually to Labrador. 



The smallest of the Terns, living upon fish and insects. 

 It flocks about inland waters as well as on the Atlantic and 

 some parts of the Pacific coast. It is a rather southerly 

 species, but was once a common summer resident along the 

 eastern shore. Its eggs are laid in^the sand like those of 

 other species, and differ from them in sometimes having the 

 spots wreathed around the larger end, while the smaller is 

 almost plain. 



ORDER PYGOPODES: DIVING BIRDS. 



FAMILY ALCIIXffi: AUKS, PUFFINS, MUBRES, ETC. 

 Dovekie: Alle, alle. 

 Sea Dove; Little Auk. 



Length ; 8-9 inches. 



Male and Female .* Short, thick, black bill. Above dark brown with 



some white on wings ; below generally whitish. 

 Season : A winter migrant of varying rarity. 

 Breeds : In the Arctic regions. 

 Mange : Coasts and islands of the North Atlantic and eastern Arctic 



oceans ; in winter North America south to New Jersey. 



An off-shore bird of heavy build and singular appear- 

 ance, to be seen about lighthouses and barren bits of coast 

 from New Jersey north. It is properly a coastwise bird, 

 but there are accounts of its being driven far inland by 

 storms. 



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