. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . k smoky or plumbeous gray;throat and fore neck purplish black, throat crossed by transverse bars streaks, a series of longitudinal white streaks separating- the grayand Mark on sides of neck ; back black, barred and spotted with white ;In-east pirn- \\lnte. \Yintcr and immature plumages: white markings ofLack , and throat white. Lenyth : 2(i-L>(.), wing- , bill Distribution. Northern part of northern hemisphere, breeding in arcti
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . k smoky or plumbeous gray;throat and fore neck purplish black, throat crossed by transverse bars streaks, a series of longitudinal white streaks separating- the grayand Mark on sides of neck ; back black, barred and spotted with white ;In-east pirn- \\lnte. \Yintcr and immature plumages: white markings ofLack , and throat white. Lenyth : 2(i-L>(.), wing- , bill Distribution. Northern part of northern hemisphere, breeding in ;n,d mi-rating south to extreme northern states, east of the) Mountains. A/./s- - I^iid on the -round on a small islet in a pond; dark olive,blotched with Llaek. 10. Gavia pacifica (/.« //â¢/-.). PACIFIC LOON. /. ceding ^. i;.,«-k of head and neck smoky gray or whitish;throat black, glo sed with greenish or purplish and crossed by transverse I- .11 .,» \\hite streaks; sides of with series of longitudinal whiteLae|< Llaek witli four series of white Lars; lower parts white. AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS 11 ^. Fig. 25. Pacific Loon. Winter plumage and young: back without white markings; throat : , bill Distribution. â Pacific coast from Lower California to Alaska, breedingfar northward ; east to Hudson Bay. Macfarlane has found nests of the Pacific loon in wooded sections,in the Barren Grounds, and on the shores of the Arctic Sea. Thebirds reach these breeding places in Jane and leave in winter Mr. Loomis has found them passing up and down thecoast in great numbers. 11. Gavia lumme (Gunn.). RED-THROATED LOON. Adults in summer plumage. - - Head and neck plumbeous gray ; throat witha wedge-shaped patch of rich chestnut ; back sooty ; top of head and backof neck streaked and back specked with white ; under parts white. Winterplumage and young : throat and fore neck white. Length : 24-27, , bill Dis
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