dovekies

Murres and eiders are the most heavily harvested species, but others such as dovekies and kittiwakes are also harvested frequently in some regions of the country (Fig. 11.13).

Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic 2009

Alcidae is the name for a family of marine birds that includes murres, razorbills, dovekies, puffins, guillemots, auklets, and murrelets.

Alcids in marine ecosystems 2009

The planktivorous alcids (auklets, dovekies, murrelets) participate in a relatively short food chain, as krill feed directly on phytoplankton.

Alcids in marine ecosystems 2009

Some of us were dashed to pieces, and some drowned; and those who were left got away to Eldey, and the dovekies tell me they are all dead now, and that another

The Water Babies 2007

The dovekies and marrocks, of course, all flew away; but we were too proud to do that.

The Water Babies 2007

In May and June ten million dovekies, with their stocky little black-and-white bodies, passed over Devon Island.

Excerpt: The Ice Child by Elizabeth McGregor 2001

The dovekies and marrocks, [Footnote: The dovekies and the marrocks, or marrots, are smaller birds belonging to the auk family.] of course, all flew away; but we were too proud to do that.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 Charles Herbert Sylvester

During that three days he had secured only two small birds, dovekies they were, birds who linger all winter in the Arctic.

The Blue Envelope 1918

Large flocks of geese and ducks were flying about; the great northern diver passed overhead, and uttered its shrill warning cry to its mate, and loons, dovekies, and plalaropes, in small numbers, gave occasional exercise for our guns.

Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 Sherard Osborn 1848

That I was not singular, a constant discharge of guns throughout the night well proved, and unhappy nights must the ducks and dovekies have spent during our stay.

Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 Sherard Osborn 1848