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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



and spotted with white. ]]' inter phi iiiagc : Head grayish, throat wiiite or grayish white, wings 

 and back not streaked or spotted. 



Length, 31 ; Wing, 14 ; Tarsus. 3.35 : Bill, 2.75. 



A winter visitor to Florida, ranging from the far Nortli, south to the 

 Gulf of Mexico. It breeds from the northern United States northward. 

 The eggs are grayish or greenish brown, heavily blotched with dark brown : 

 they are usually two in number, deposited on the ground ; the nest consists 

 merely of a little grass or dried w^eeds. 



URINATOR LUMME ((7//;///.). 

 Red=throated Loon. Red=throated Diver. 



Adult ill siiiiiiiier : Back and wings slaty brown marked with white; head and neck 

 gray; nape black streaked witli white: front of the neck rcddisJi brown, under parts wliite. 

 Adult in winter : Throat white or grayish white ; back sliowing white spots. 

 Length, 24.50: Wing. 11.25: Tarsus, 2.50: Bill, 2. 



Florida in winter ; not uncommon on the coast. Breeds from the North- 

 ern United States northward. It ranges in winter to the Gulf of Mexico. 

 The etrss are two in number, which are deposited on the ground near 

 water, the nest being merely a little grass ; they are olive brown in color, 

 blotched with dark brown or black. 



