DOVEKIE. 



SEA DOVE. LITTLE AUK. 

 Alle ALLE. 



Char. Head, neck, and upper parts black ; wings with small patch of 

 white, sometimes divided by a black bar ; under parts white ; bill black; 

 legs red. Length about 8j^ inches. 



In winter the chin and throat are white, and in spring and fall the 

 white is more or less varied with black. 



Nest. On a ledge of an ocean cliff, or any high elevation adjacent to 

 the sea. There is no receptacle for the egg, which is laid on the bare rock 

 or amid loose stones. 



^SS- I; pale greenish blue, sometimes streaked with buff; average 

 size 1.85 X 1.30. 



This neat and singular little bird, with a quaint resemblance 

 to the Columbine tribe, is known to mariners by the name of 

 the Greenland Dove ; and in this vicinity it is also called the 

 Pigeon Diver. It inhabits, however, a region where the gentle 

 cooing of the Dove is never heard. It dwells far within the 

 Arctic Circle, approaching the very Pole, having been obtained 



