. Among the water-fowl; observation, adventure, photography. A popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky mountains . FLOATING NEST OF THE GREAT LOON, IN AN ONTARIO LAKEBY C. J. YOUNG couraged. Suddenly, cnit at the edge of the reeds,about twenty yards ahead of me, there arose a mostprodigious fluttering and splashing, and away went 47 Among the Water-Fowl an enormous Loon, half living, half dragging her-self over the water. Getting out into the lake,she alighted with a great splash, and instantlydove. Eagerly I ha
. Among the water-fowl; observation, adventure, photography. A popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky mountains . FLOATING NEST OF THE GREAT LOON, IN AN ONTARIO LAKEBY C. J. YOUNG couraged. Suddenly, cnit at the edge of the reeds,about twenty yards ahead of me, there arose a mostprodigious fluttering and splashing, and away went 47 Among the Water-Fowl an enormous Loon, half living, half dragging her-self over the water. Getting out into the lake,she alighted with a great splash, and instantlydove. Eagerly I hastened forward, and waded the reeds I could see a muskrat house,and I knew what was in store. Not on top, huton the outer side, well down near the water, the. UER VIEW UF THE PRECEDING bird had flattened out a sort of platform. It wasthe home of the Loon—at last ! In a slight hol-low lay, not the usual two, but one enormousdark brown, spotted egg. That it was the fulllaying of the bird was evident, tor it was almostready to hatch. A day or two more, and I shouldhave been too late. This it was, in particular, 48 The Submerged Tenth which made nie conlident that on the other lakethe Loons had aheady hatched their young. What coidd be wetter than the surroundings ofthis most amphibious creature, out there a couple ofrods from shore in three or four feet of water, espe-cially in that downpour, and with the lake rising so asalmost to lap over on the egg! And there, up nearthe end of the lake, were both the Loons together,submerged, as usual—all but head and neck and alittle strip of the back—engaged, no doubt, infamily consultation. From them came now andthen—it seemed to me rather inappropriately—thewild, quavering note, which, though
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