goo THE RED-THROATED LOON. 
and finally emerges from his watery bed, a polite, albeit very ungainly crea- 
ture. As the bird rises in air the head and feet, which were last to leave the 
water, gradually drift apart, the head is thrust forward, the feet backward to 
the natural limit, the wings move thru an exaggerated are, and the bird goes 
on his way rejoicing, a conscious Beau Brummel of the seas. 
There really is not much to say beside about the Pacific Diver in Wash- 
ington. I have seen thousands of them—never one at close quarters. Indeed, 
the only lead you can get upon their identification is by drawing lines of refer- 
ence to their distinguished kinsman, the Great Northern diver, thus: they are 
not so large; not so black; do not ride so high in the water; are not so bold; are 
much more numerous; etc. They are said to nest in the Barren Grounds; and 
in the Arctic North beyond the ken of our better known Alaskan pioneers, 
Since, therefore, their hearts are in the high (north) lands, they will have 
to pardon our inattention, as we their inconspicuousness. 
No. 363. 
RED-THROATED LOON. 
A. O. U. No. 11. Gavia stellata ( Pontoppidan). 
Synonym.—Rep-THROATED Diver. 
Description.—Adult in summer: ‘Top of head and hind-neck along crest 
black, the latter streaked with white ; throat and sides of head and neck plumbeous 
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 dusky; tail narrowly tipped with white; bill black. 
Adult in winter and immature; Without chestnut on neck; appearing much as in 
corresponding stage of G. immer, but the back, etc., always more or less spotted 
with white. Length 24.00-27.00 (609.6-685.8); wing 11.00 (279.4); tail 1.80 
(45.7); bill 2.00 (50.8); tarsus 2.80 (71.1). 
Recognition Marks.—Frant size; somewhat like G. pacifica, averaging 
larger; chestnut of throat distinctive in summer, and spotting of upperparts 
unique in winter. 
Nesting.—Does not breed in Washington. Nest and Eggs as in preceding 
species. Av. of eggs, 2.80 x 1.75 (71.1 x 44.5). 
General Range.—Northern part of northern hemisphere, migrating south- 
ward in winter nearly across the United States. 
Range in Washington.—Common spring and fall migrant; winters sparing- 
ly on Puget Sound. 
Authorities.—Colymbus septentrionalis Linn., Lawrence, Rep. Pac. R. R. 
Surv. IX. pt. IL. 1858, p. 891. C&S. L?. Rh. Kb. Kk. B. E. 
Specimens.—liN. FE. 
