i2 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, 
abundance though we were unable to find the nest. One of their 
breeding grounds was evidently a swampy lagoon, some five or 
six miles inland, but the nests were inaccessible. (MWurdoch.) 
11. Red-throated Loon. 
Gavia lumme (GUNN.) ALLEN. 1897. 
This species is a common summer migrant throughout the 
northern part of the continent. It breeds in Greenland in both 
Inspectorates (Arct. Man.), and in Newfoundland in small ponds in 
the marshes, placing its nest in a tussock of grass surrounded by 
water. (Keeks.) A not uncommon summer resident in New Bruns- 
wick. (Chamberlain.) Abundant in Labrador, and breeding around 
Hudson Bay and westward, north of the Arctic circle, to Alaska, 
where it is the most abundant species of Loon. (JVe/son.) 
Two specimens were taken in Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver 
Island in March, 1891; in my experience this bird is rare in 
British Columbia. (Fannin.) 
It is rarely met with in Quebec, Ontario or Manitoba, and has 
not been observed in the prairie region or the Rocky Mountains. 
BREEDING Nores.—From the first of June until the first of July 
fresh eggs may be found. The nesting-sites chosen are identical 
with those of the Black-throated species. Like the latter species, 
also, the eggs, two in number, are laid directly upon the ground, 
and the spot chosen is often wet and muddy. One nest was 
found on frozen ground, and ice was floating in the pond. The 
young are led to the streams, large lakes, or sea-coast as soon as 
they are able to follow the parents, and they fall an easy prey to 
the hunters until with the growth of their quill-feathers they 
obtain some wisdom. (JVe/son.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
There are three specimens of this species in the collection. 
One—a young male shot at Ottawa in 188s, another at Toronto 
in 1884, anda third by Dr. R. Bell at Kingston, Ont., in 1882. 
Of eggs we have four specimens, two taken at Cape Prince of 
Wales, in June, 1885, by F. F. Payne, and two collected at Repulse 
Bay, and received from A. P. Low. 
