FAM. LXIII. LOONS 



341 



Length, 17 ; wing, 8|- (7i-8J-) ; tail, 3|; tarsus, 1 J; culmen, IJ. Coasts 

 and islands of the North Atlantic ; in America breeding from Maine 

 northward, and south in winter, casually to North Carolina. 



8. Dovekie (34. Alle dlle). — A small, short-billed, sooty- 

 backed, -vvhite-bellied bird, with white tips to the secondaries, 

 a.nd some white streaks on the shoulders. The small wings of 



Razor-billed Ank 



Dovekie 



this bird are moved with almost bewildering rapidity, enabling 

 it to fly with great swiftness. It swims with grace and ease, 

 and dives, like all of the order, with great expertness. (Sea 

 Dove; Little Auk.) 



Length, 8'^ ; wing, 4| (4|-5); tail, IJ ; tarsus, |; culmen, J. Coasts 

 and islands of the North Atlantic ; in America breeding far north ; 

 south in winter to New Jersey, accidental in Michigan. 



FAMILY LXIII. LOONS (URINAt6rID^) 



A small family (6 species) of large, heavy, long-necked, 

 short-tailed, diving birds, with the legs situated at the tail end 



