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

From The Blue Envelope by Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)

Eider-ducks, looms, and dovekies are abundant, as well as hares and ptarmigan. 29th.—A bright and lovely day.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold

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

From The Water-Babies by Kingsley, Charles

Innumerable ducks, chiefly of the king, eider, and long-tailed species, were flying about near the margin of the ice, besides dovekies, looms, and glaucous, kittiwake, and ivory gulls. 

From Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage by Morley, Henry

The only birds which remain are dovekies, but they are scarce, and, being white, are very rarely visible.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold