8 THE GAME BIRDS 
Mexico. Common, in summer, in the large 
fresh-water ponds; earler and later in the 
season in the bays and harbors. Exceedingly 
wary and difficult of approach, diving at the 
shghtest suspicion of danger and with remark- 
able powers in this direction. 
The flesh has a decidedly fishy taste, but 
‘baked breast of loon” and * loon stew” are 
esteemed as delicacies by many. : 
Its con geners are 
2. .* BLACK-THROATED. LOGON: 
Urinator arcticus. 
General color like No. 1, but with less 
white on throat. Somewhat smaller, meas- 
uring 83 feet in extent and 2% feet in length. 
Habitat — More northern than the loon. 
5. * PACIFIC LOON. 
Urinator pacificus. 
Still smaller than No. 2; otherwise nearly 
the same. ‘This bird measures only 2 feet in 
length. 
Habitat — Pacific coast, Alaska to Gulf of - 
California. 
4, *RED-THROATED LOON. 
Urinator lumme. 
About the size of No. 3 and with the same 
general colors, but the sides of the head and 
