ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
THE GULLS AND THEIR ALLIES
The Dovekie, or Sea Dove
(Alle alle), is known by its small size, attaining a length of only about eight inches, and by its short, broad bill in which the angle of the chin is much nearer the tip than the nostril.
The plumage is black above, with the secondaries tipped and the scapulars streaked with white and white below, the flanks being striped with dusky.
It is a native of the Arctic Ocean and the coasts of the North Atlantic, coming south in winter as far as the Azores. The single bluish white egg is deposited on a rocky ledge or crevice in a cliff.
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