900 THE RED-TIIROA'I'KI) EOON. 



anil liiialh- cniciycs fnnii \\\> \\aU-r\ l».-cl, a ixililc. albeit very ungainly crea- 

 ture. As the bird rises in aii' the head ami feel, which wefe last to leave the 

 water, grailualh' drift apart, the head is thrust forward, the feet backward to 

 the natin-al limit, the wings niii\e thru an exaggerated arc, and the bird goes 

 on bis \va\- rejoicing, a conscious Ik'ati J-irunimel of the seas. 



There really is not much t(i sa\' beside about the Pacific Diver in Wash- 

 ington. 1 have seen thousands of theni — never one at close quarters. Indeed, 

 the only lead \<iu can get u|>iin iheir identification is b_\- drawing lines of refer- 

 ence to their distinguished kinsman, the (Ireat Northern diver, thus: they are 

 not so large: not so black ; do nut ride sn high in the water: are not so hold : are 

 much more numerous: etc. They are said to nest in the Barren (".rounds: and 

 in the Arctic Xorth be\iind the ken of our better known .Maskan i)ioneers. 

 Since, therefore, their hearts are in the high (north) lands, they will have 

 to pardon our inattention, as we their incons])icuousness. 



No. 363. 



RED-THROATED LOON. 



A. (). v. No. II. Qavia stellata { 1 'ontoppidan ). 



Synonym. — Rrd-Throatkd Di\i;i^. 



Description. — .Idiilt in siiiiiiiicr: Top of head and hind-neck along crest 

 black, the latter streaked with white: throat and sides of head and neck phimbcous 

 gray : front of neck rich chestnut : sides of breast heavily streaked or striped with 

 black and white: upperparts and sides brownish dusky, spotted rather finely with 

 white, the spots mostly oval or elongate oval and largest on lower scapulars and 

 tertiaries : remaining underparts white : the longer under tail-coverts and a bar 

 across the base of shorter ones dusk}-: tail narrowly tipped with white: bill black. 

 .-Idiilt ill zi'intcr and inimatinc: Without ehestnut on neck; appearing much as in 

 corresponding stage of G. iuinicr. but the back, etc., always more or less spotted 

 with white. Length 24.00-j7.00 (609.6-685.8): wing 11.00 (279.4): tail 1.80 

 (45.7) : hill 2.00 (30.8) : tarsus 2.80 (71. i). 



Recognition Marks. — Brant size: somewhat like (/'. [^acifica. averaging 

 larger; chestnut of throat distinctive in summer, and spotting of upperparts 

 vmi(iue in winter. 



Nesting. — Does not breed in Washington. Ncs* and Eggs as in preceding 

 species. Av. of eggs, 2.80 x 1.75 (71.1 X44.5). 



General Range. — Northern jiart of northern hemisphere, migrating south- 

 ward in winter nearly across the United States. 



Range in Washington. — Common spring and fall migrant; winters sparing- 

 Iv on Puget Sound. 



Authorities. — Colvnibiis scf^tciitrionalis I.inn.. Lawrence, Rep. Pac. R. R. 

 Surv. IX. pt. 11. 1858, "p. 891. C&S. L-'. Rh. Kb. Kk. B. E. 



Specimens. — BN. E. 



