if) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
the edge of the water but on a solid foundation. Eggs, two. 
(W. Saunders.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Our collection contains two males, both taken at Toronto by 
Mr. D. A. Herring in 1891. Of eggs we have two sets of two 
each. One taken by Mr. A. E. Barlow at Snare Lake, Nipissing 
District, Ont., July 1oth, 1895; the other by Mr. W. McInnis at 
Crow Lake, Rainy River, northwestern Ontario, July 2nd, 1897. 
8. Yellow-billed Loon. 
Gavia adamsii (GRAY) ALLEN. 1897. 
Abundant at Great Slave Lake. (Aoss.) During the breeding 
season this species abounds in Franklin and Liverpool bays on 
the Arctic coast, where severalfexamples were shot. (Macfarlane.) 
This fine species, the least known of the Loons, is not a rare 
summer resident about the head of Kotzebue Sound. (JVe/son.) 
This species seems to prefer the extreme northwesterly part of 
the continent and islands from Liverpool Bay on the east to the 
mouth of the Yukon on the west. 
BREEDING Notes.—Selawik Lake and Kunkuk River are the 
places where it is claimed the greater number breed. The shore 
of Norton Sound is a breeding place for a few pairs, as is the low 
coast of Behring Strait from Golovina Bay to Port Clarence. 
(Welson.) 
9. Black-throated Loon, 
Gavia arcticus (LINN.) ALLEN. 1897. 
Occasional on the coast of Labrador but apparently common 
on the shores of Hudson Bay, where they breed. Male and 
female and young, nearly full grown, shot on Nottingham Island, 
Hudson Strait, August 28th. 1884. (R. Bell.) Not common at 
Lake Mistassini, but a few breed. (J. MZ. Macoun.) Occurs in 
winter at Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy. (Herrick.) A 
pair was taken near Toronto and sent to the Paris Exhibition of 
1866. (MWcllwraith.) Recorded by Andrew Murray from Severn 
House, Hudson Bay. (Zhompson.) 
This species is known to breed on the margin of small lakes, 
and very likely also close to the sea, from Cumberland Gulf on the 
