. . 50 GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. LOON {Gavia immer).. Summer. Fall. Length. — Very variable, ranging from 28 to 36 inches. Adult in Spring. — Mantle black, spotted with white; head and neckblack, with green and purple reflections; neck with three bands ofwhite stripes; under parts white; bill and feet black; iris red. Adult and Young in Fall. — Bill yellowish or bluish white, blackeningabove and toward tip; iris brown; legs and feet brownish or yellowish,never black; top of head and hind neck dull brownish black; otherup
. . 50 GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. LOON {Gavia immer).. Summer. Fall. Length. — Very variable, ranging from 28 to 36 inches. Adult in Spring. — Mantle black, spotted with white; head and neckblack, with green and purple reflections; neck with three bands ofwhite stripes; under parts white; bill and feet black; iris red. Adult and Young in Fall. — Bill yellowish or bluish white, blackeningabove and toward tip; iris brown; legs and feet brownish or yellowish,never black; top of head and hind neck dull brownish black; otherupper parts dark grayish brown, mottled a little, but with no whitespots; sides of head and neck more or less mottled with ashy and dusky;chin, throat, fore neck and other under parts white. Field Marks. — The size of a Goose. The black and white spotted adultis unmistakable in spring. The fall birds resemble the fall Red-throatedLoon, but are much larger, have a bill much thicker at base, yellowish,with much of the tip black, while the Red-throated Loon has a slender,lighter colored bill, more white on cheeks and a
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