. www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . des ennemis et en dépit du singleegg posé, comme tant d'oiseaux plongeurs, ils maintenaient leurs nombres jusqu'à ce qu'ils soient tués par l'homme. DOVEKIE le Dovekie, communément appelé Dove de la mer ou petit Auk, est un petit compagnon avec le bec court et les jambes, habitant l'océan Atlantique du golfe du Saint-Laurent vers le nord.les Dovekies ne se reproduisent probablement pas au sud du Groenland; En hiver, ils se produisent au Nouveau-Brunswick, à Terre-Neuve et au Labrador, devenant abondants au large du détroit d'Exeter et de la côte ouest de la baie de Baffin. Probablement la reproduction la plus accessible

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. www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . of enemies and in spite of the singleegg laid, like so many of the diving birds, they maintaintheir numbers until killed off by man. DOVEKIE The Dovekie, commonly called Sea Dove or Little Auk, is a little fellow with short bill and legs, inhabiting theAtlantic Ocean from the Gulf of St. Lawrence northward.Dovekies probably do not breed south of Greenland; inwinter they occur in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, andLabrador, becoming abundant off Exeter Sound and alongthe west coast of Baffin Bay. Probably the most accessible breeding grounds are inIceland. Many European bird lovers find that northerlyspot much more accessible than any similarly located placeto be reached from either side of the American continent.Iceland is a veritable bird paradise. ^Myriads of gulls, seaducks, shore birds, and boreal land birds, such as the ptar-migan, gjrfalcon, and finches, haunt the bleak regions ofthis island. The dovekie deposits her single large pale-greenish-blue egg in crevices of the sea cliffs.. CHAPTER IV LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS Gulls and Terns belong to one family; about forty speciesof the one hundred known are found in North America. Gulls are maritime and pelagic, though some are foundinland. Gulls are larger and stronger than terns, thoughless graceful and active on the wing. The bills point for-ward and not do^vnward in flight. They get food largelyby skimming it from the surface of the water, or take itfrom the land, and do not plunge for it, as do the terns.They are largely scavengers, though some feed on smallmammals and eggs and the young of other birds. Betterswimmers than the terns, they spend more time resting onthe water; they nest in colonies, usually on ground, some-times on rocky ledges, and rarely in trees. Terns visit the shores of salt and fresh water, especiallysalt. They are often called sea swallows because of theirstrong, graceful flight. They plunge after fish; in flight thebills point dow

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