. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . URINATOR IJVIBER (Gunn.).Loon. Great Northern Diver. Adult in summer • Head and neck black, showing green in some lights. A patch of whitestreaked with black on the throat and sides of the neck; under parts white; back streaked loo KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. and spotted with white. Winter plumage : Head grayish, throat white or grayisli white, wingsand back not streaked or spotted. Length, 31; Wing, \4 ; Tarsus, ; Bill, A winter visitor to Florida, ranging from the far North, s
. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . URINATOR IJVIBER (Gunn.).Loon. Great Northern Diver. Adult in summer • Head and neck black, showing green in some lights. A patch of whitestreaked with black on the throat and sides of the neck; under parts white; back streaked loo KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. and spotted with white. Winter plumage : Head grayish, throat white or grayisli white, wingsand back not streaked or spotted. Length, 31; Wing, \4 ; Tarsus, ; Bill, A winter visitor to Florida, ranging from the far North, south to theGulf of Mexico. It breeds from the northern United States eggs are grayish or greenish brown, heavily blotched with dark brown ;they are usually two in number, deposited on the ground ; the nest consistsmerely of a little grass or dried weeds. URINATOR LUMME (Gunn.).Red=throated Loon. Red-throated Adult in siinuner: Back and wings slaty brown marked with white; head and neckgray; nape black streaked with white; front of the neck reddish brow7t, under parts in winter: Throat white or grayish white; back showing white , ; Wing, ; Tarsus, ; Bill, ii. Florida in winter ; not uncommon on the coast. Breeds from the North-ern United States northward. It ranges in winter to the Gulf of eggs are two in number, which are deposited on the ground nearwater, the nest being merely a little grass ; they are olive brown in color,blotched with dark brown or black. KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. ORDER LONGIPENNES. Long-Winged Swimmers. Family STERCORARIID^. J.^ STERCORARIUS Brisson. 189
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