. Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes . loons, or has had it, and many large lakes sup-port two or more pairs. The breeding range of this species is becom-ing more and more restricted as the country becomes cleared and set-tled ; the loons are being gradually killed off or driven away. A pairof loons nested in Quittacus Pond, Lakeville, Massachusetts, about 14miles from my home, in 1872, but the eggs were taken and both birdswere shot; none have nested in this section of the State since. Thesame story is true of many another New England lake where the in-satiable de
. Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes . loons, or has had it, and many large lakes sup-port two or more pairs. The breeding range of this species is becom-ing more and more restricted as the country becomes cleared and set-tled ; the loons are being gradually killed off or driven away. A pairof loons nested in Quittacus Pond, Lakeville, Massachusetts, about 14miles from my home, in 1872, but the eggs were taken and both birdswere shot; none have nested in this section of the State since. Thesame story is true of many another New England lake where the in-satiable desire to kill has forever extirpated an exceedingly interest-ing bird. Nesting.—The description of three nests which I have examinedwill serve to illustrate the ordinary nesting habits of this loon. Thefirst nest was found on June 16, 1899, near BrooksviUe, Maine; itwas located in the water near the marshy and reedy shores of a se-cluded little cove on a large pond. The loon was incubating and we U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 107 PL. II ^«wa;i:^sii*;2»>a*S. La^ce Winnipegosis, Manitoba. H. K. Job.
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