Ice-bird

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Alle alle; Dovekie; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37066

ice n Common Dovekie. Plautus alle alle (Linnaeus). Local Names: Bull-bird, Ice- bird. Description: Length 7 1/2 to 9 inches, bill one-half inch, wing-spread 14 to 15 1/2 inches. Breeding plumage: upper parts black, shading down to sotty-brown on both sides of head and throat; under parts white; bill black; legs and feet flesh-coloured, with black webs. Winter plumage: similar, but white extends up to bill and nearly around back of head, to give appearance of white collar. Field Marks: The smallest of our sea birds, with black upper parts and white under parts.Common winter resident and sometimes a summer straggler. Generally arrives in October and most depart by late May. They often occur in countless numbers in the slob ice. DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story July 1974 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I ~ bird/candle/-chock/clamper/master/pan/pilot/pole/saw/blind(ness)/-block/-boat/-skiff/-cat/-claw/clumper/-fishing/-gall/gaze/-glim/-loom/-grip/-hunter/-hunting/-island/-jam/-line/captain/-line/-loom/-glim/-master/-pan/-partridge/-party/-pilot/pinnacle/ Checked by Sarah Budgell on Tue 10 Feb 2015