. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands . ^ ■ 7. Look. ^5^^. The young loons are taken into the tvater.^^ Lan;4ille: ** Beginning on the fifth note of the scale,the voice slides through the eighth to the third ofthe scale above in loud, clear, sonorous tones, whichon a dismal evening before a thunderstorm — the light-ning already playing along the inky sky—arc anythingbut nuisical. lie has also another rather soft and pleas-ing utterance, sounding like ivho-ivlio-wJio-who, the syl-lables being so ra[)idly pronounced as to
. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands . ^ ■ 7. Look. ^5^^. The young loons are taken into the tvater.^^ Lan;4ille: ** Beginning on the fifth note of the scale,the voice slides through the eighth to the third ofthe scale above in loud, clear, sonorous tones, whichon a dismal evening before a thunderstorm — the light-ning already playing along the inky sky—arc anythingbut nuisical. lie has also another rather soft and pleas-ing utterance, sounding like ivho-ivlio-wJio-who, the syl-lables being so ra[)idly pronounced as to sound almostlike a shake of the voice — a sort of weird laughter. 30 WATER BIRDS Only on a lonely lake in the heart of the woods doyou get the startling thrill of the Loons wild cry — oneclear, piercing note, or a long, quavering, demoniacallaugh that to the timid suggests a herd of 10. PACIFIC l^OO^. — Gaiiapacifica. Family : The Loons. Length: Adults in Summer: Upper part of head and nape pale gray, nearlywhite ; sides of head, throat, and fore-neck black, glossed wit
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