. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . 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 neck-black, with green and purple ref
. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . 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 neck-black, 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 2vhitespots; 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
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