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BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 



Ill summer these Grebes })reed commonly throu<;;liout the Noctli- 

 West. Here is what is said about them in ]\Ir. Tliompson"s "Birds of 

 Manitol)a": "Very al)un(laiit sunnner residents on every lake, slough 

 or pond large enough to give them sufficient water prixilege, arriving 

 as soon as the ice is gone and departing when their haunts freeze 

 over. 



Family LTRIKATORl 1).^]. Loons. 



Gexus URTNATOR CrviEK. 



rPvlX.VTOR TMP.ER (Cinn.). 



"). Loon. (7) 



l>la(-U : 1)c-li)\\ from the lircast wliito, with <laik IdirIics nii lliu .sides and 

 vent; l)ack willi nuiiiuioiis s(jiuiru white .spots; liead anil neck iridescent with 

 violet and green, having a patcii of .sliai')) wliite .streaks on each side af the neck 

 and another on the tliroat ; hill hlaek. Voiiikj: — Daik gray above, tiie feathers 

 with palei- edges; helow, white from the hill, the sides dusky; bill yellowisii- 

 green and dusky. Length, 2^-3 feet; extent, al)out4; wing, about 14 inches ; 

 tarsus, 3 or more ; longest toe and claw, 4 or more ; bill, 3 or less, at base 1 

 deep and .1 wide, the culmen, commissure and gonys all gently curved. 



Hab. — Northern part of northern hemisj)here. In North Ameiica l)reeds 

 from the noitiiern tier of States noithward ; ranj^es in ^inlcf .south to the (lult 

 of Me.xico. 



