. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. i 334 COLY5IBIDAE, LOONS.— 311. of many featliors. Back spotted. Loons arc larijo lioavy birds with broad llattoiicd body and ratlicr lon^ siniKHW ncclc. abundant on lln' coasts and larijcr inland waters of tiic Xortlicrn llcnii-^iiiicn'; tlicy arc noted lor tlicir powers of diving, lieing able to evade tlic sIidI from a gun by disappearing at the (
. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. i 334 COLY5IBIDAE, LOONS.— 311. of many featliors. Back spotted. Loons arc larijo lioavy birds with broad llattoiicd body and ratlicr lon^ siniKHW ncclc. abundant on lln' coasts and larijcr inland waters of tiic Xortlicrn llcnii-^iiiicn'; tlicy arc noted lor tlicir powers of diving, lieing able to evade tlic sIidI from a gun by disappearing at the (lash, and to swim many fathoms under water. Tliey are migratory. I)rceding in high latitudes, generally dispersed lurther south in winter. Tlicy are pnccocial. and lay two or three dark- colored spotted eggs in a rude nest of rushes by the water's c(lge. The voice is extremely K)ud, harsh and resonant. Tiie 9 is smaller than the ^. There is but one genus, with only three well-determined species. 311. Genus COIiYMBUS LinntBus. f/riiif .Ynrf/if'rn J)hp)\ or h,n)i. IMack ; bolow from the breast white, witli dark touches 011 tlie sides and v<'nt : back witli niiinerous s(juarc while .spots; head and neck iri(h'secnl with violet ami green, having a patcii of sharp white streaks on eacli siile of the neck and another on the throat; bill black. Voinig : dark gray above, the featliers witli paler edges ; below white from the bill, the sides dusky ; bill ytdlowish-grcen and dusky. Length 2i-3 feet; extent about 4 ; wing about - —I-'" 14 inches ; tarsus 3 toe and ehnv 4 or more; bill .'5 or less, at base 1 deep and J wide; the eulnien, eoniniissure and gonys .-dl gently cinved. N. Atn., abinidant; the whole l'. S. in winter. ix, i*, pi. 47(!; :. in l>i)., <S)S)S tokqiatus. Var. . YrllDir-ltillid Limn. .Similar; larger; spots on the back Larger, not so nearly s(|uare ; gloss of tin- neck rather steel-blue, the white patches smaller, but the individu
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