. . it a peculiar reticulatedor scaly appearance. Range. —- Northern part of northern hemisphere. Breeds from KotzebueSound, Alaska, west along northern coast of Siberia, on islands northof Europe, and from Cumberland Sound south to Ungava; winters inthe southern Canadian Provinces; casually south to Colorado, Ne-braska, Iowa, northern Ohio and Long Island, N. Y. of the Black-throated Loon have been variouslyrecorded as occurring in Massachusetts, but none of theserecords is considered authentic. It is introduced in thi
. . it a peculiar reticulatedor scaly appearance. Range. —- Northern part of northern hemisphere. Breeds from KotzebueSound, Alaska, west along northern coast of Siberia, on islands northof Europe, and from Cumberland Sound south to Ungava; winters inthe southern Canadian Provinces; casually south to Colorado, Ne-braska, Iowa, northern Ohio and Long Island, N. Y. of the Black-throated Loon have been variouslyrecorded as occurring in Massachusetts, but none of theserecords is considered authentic. It is introduced in thisvolume merely because it has been taken on Long Island,N. Y. The only specimen from that region now known toexist was killed by Mr. Gus Merritt of City Island, LongIsland, on April 29, 1893, between Sands Point Light andExecution Light. It is recorded by Dutcher in The Auk,1893, p. 26o. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 57 RED-THROATED LOON {Gavia stellata). Common or local New England names: Red-throated Diver; Little Loon; Cape Race;Cape Racer; Winter. Summer. Length. — About 25 inches. Adult in Summer. — Prevailing color brownish black above, varied by palerand white markings; middle of crown blackish; nape, back of neckand sides of breast lined with black and white; head and most of necklight slate gray, fore neck with a triangular patch of bright chestnut;under parts silky white; bill and feet blackish; iris red. Adult and Young in Winter. — Similar to the common Loon in winter, buttop and back of head and neck bluish gray (in the common Loon theseare brownish black); throat without red patch; white of throat ex-tending farther up on cheeks, and back thicJdy spotted with whitish;bill bluish white, darker on top; iris brown. Field Marks. — Rarely seen in summer plumage; in fall plumage may bedistinguished from the common Loon at close range by the small whitespots on the back and by the slender bill, which is slightly concavenear upper base, giving it
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