. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ctions. Thehabits are the same as those of the other membersof the family. Tliey lay two eggs of a greenishbrown or greenish gray hue with black X Data.—Yukon River, Alaska,June 28, 1902. Nest of rubbish on an island;found by a miner. 11. Red-thhoated Loon. Gavia sfellata. Range.—Northern parts of North America,breeding from southern Canada northward in theinterior on both coasts. South to the middle por-tions of the Unit
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ctions. Thehabits are the same as those of the other membersof the family. Tliey lay two eggs of a greenishbrown or greenish gray hue with black X Data.—Yukon River, Alaska,June 28, 1902. Nest of rubbish on an island;found by a miner. 11. Red-thhoated Loon. Gavia sfellata. Range.—Northern parts of North America,breeding from southern Canada northward in theinterior on both coasts. South to the middle por-tions of the United States in winter. This is the smallest of the Loon family, beingtwenty-five inches in length. In plumage it iswholly unlike any of the other members at allseasons of the year. In summer the back, headand neck are gray, the latter being striped witliwhite. A large chestnut patch adorns ihe frontof the lower part of the neck. In winter theback is spotted with white, whereas all the othersare-unspotted at this period. Tlie nesting habits areidentical with the other species; the ground colorof the two eggs is also the same. Size, x Pueiflc L.
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