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BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 



[u summer these Grebes breed commonly throughout tlie North- 

 West. Here is what is said about them in Mr. Thompson's "Birds of 

 Manitoba": "Ver}' abundant sunnner residents on every hike, shjugh 

 or pond large enough to give them sufficient water privilege, arriving^ 

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

 over. " 



Family URINATORID^. Loons. 



Genus URINATOR Ctivier. 



URINATOR TMBER (Gunn.). 



5. Loon. (7) 



Black ; below from the breast white, with dark touches on the sitle.s and 

 vent ; back with numerous square white spots ; head and neck iiidescent with 

 violet and green, having a patch of sharp white sti'saks on each side of the neck 

 and another on the throat ; bill black. Younr/: — Dark gray aliove, the featliers 

 with paler edges ; below, white from the bill, the sides dusky ; bill yellowish- 

 green and dusky. Lengtli, 2^-3 feet ; extent, about 4 ; wing, about 14 inches ; 

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

 deep and i wide, the culmen, connnissure and gonys all gently curved. 



Hab. — Northern part of northern hemisphere. In North America breeds 

 from the northern tier of States nortliward ; ranges in winter south to the (J^ulf 

 of Mexico. 



