. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . Famiia ( 11!). 1{. Loons. Restricted to five known Tbc toes :ir, w iili -mall ll:i|i of |cil>i; the :us i< Ikillened. Tin- legs .-ire set far back, dillicult. Tin ir food cou^i-l- |)riiicipally of llsh. wiiii-h they cateii with great drx-tcrity, being expert suinnmr- and dixfr-. lU THE BIKDS OF EASTERN NORTTT AMERICA. Genus GAVIA. Forster. QAVIA IMBER (Gunn).Loon. Common Loon. Mm Loon. Noktiikhn Adult in summer: lle:id aud neckl)l;ick, showing green in so
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . Famiia ( 11!). 1{. Loons. Restricted to five known Tbc toes :ir, w iili -mall ll:i|i of |cil>i; the :us i< Ikillened. Tin- legs .-ire set far back, dillicult. Tin ir food cou^i-l- |)riiicipally of llsh. wiiii-h they cateii with great drx-tcrity, being expert suinnmr- and dixfr-. lU THE BIKDS OF EASTERN NORTTT AMERICA. Genus GAVIA. Forster. QAVIA IMBER (Gunn).Loon. Common Loon. Mm Loon. Noktiikhn Adult in summer: lle:id aud neckl)l;ick, showing green in some lights; a|ial cli of white streaked with hlack ontlu! tluoat and sides of tlie neck ; under-parts, wliite; l)ack :iiid wings, ])laclv,sti-enkcHl and spotted with wliite;\vliei(! tlie wliite spots oecnr tliere areiisiiiilly two spots neartlie end of eachIcjiMicr; sides of breast, streal<ed withhlack. Adult in tointer and immature:Head, grayish; bacliirihnti(>n : Northern portion ofNorthern Hemisphere, ranging southin winter to (!ulf of Mexico and LowerCalifornia. Breeds from NorthernUnited States northward. Nest and eggs: Nest, a mass ofgrass or weeds and leaves, close towater, more commonly on islets orshores of some pond or lake. Twoeggs,
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