. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Dovekie Pale greenish blue are sooty brown, and the under parts are white,as are also the tips of the secondaries and edgesof the scapulars. They nest in large numberson the Rocky cliffs of islands in the East single pale greenish blue egg is placed ina crevice of the rocks. Size x Data.—Greenland, June 8, 1893. Single egg laid in acrevice of a sea cliff. f. MURRE—White, buff, deep greenish blue 34 LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Dovekie Pale greenish blue are sooty brown, and the under parts are white,as are also the tips of the secondaries and edgesof the scapulars. They nest in large numberson the Rocky cliffs of islands in the East single pale greenish blue egg is placed ina crevice of the rocks. Size x Data.—Greenland, June 8, 1893. Single egg laid in acrevice of a sea cliff. f. MURRE—White, buff, deep greenish blue 34 LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS. Order II. LONGIPENNESSKUA AND JAEGERS. Family STERCORARIIDAE Skuas and Jtegers are birds having a Gull or Tern-like form and with a hook-ed bill, the base of which is covered with a scaly shield. They have webbedfeet and are able to swim and dive, but they commonly get their living bypreying upon the Gulls and Terns, overtaking them by their superior speedand by their strength and ferocity forcing them to relinquish their food. TheJaegers especially are one of the swiftest and most graceful birds that fly. 36 THE BIRD BOOK
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