WINTER GROUP WATER BIRDS 8;^ 



3. Wilson's Thrush; 7-7^ 5 S. Pa. 



131. Great Blue Heron ; 42-50; N. J. 



172. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker ; S}4 ; N. J. 



16. Long-billed Marsh Wren; S-S/4 ; S. N. J. 



17. Short-billed Marsh Wren; 4^ ; S. N. J. 



WINTER GROUP. 



WATER BIRDS. 



f Comprising the commonest found both on coast and in the 

 interior in winter. 



206. CANADA GOOSE: COMMON WILD GOOSE 



Black, grayish-brown Whitish-gray. 



36. Head and entire neck, black, except white " band- 

 age " on throat, nearly meeting on hind-head ; tail, black; 

 rest of body, grayish-brown finely " waved " with white ; 

 rear, white. 



A northern species, found inland and on coast ; in Pa. only a com- 

 mon migrant ; nest, on ground, occa. in tree ; eggs, 5-6, dull green- 

 ish. 



207. COMMON LOON: GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. 



Black White. 



31-36. Head, neck all round, back and wings, black; 

 back and wings with numerous white spots ; throat, white- 

 streaked ; ring of white spots around neck ; below, pure 

 white ; sides, black-streaked. 



A northern species, breeding rarely in territory, though compara- 

 tively common in Ad'r'ks ; most abundant in winter ; nest, on ground, 

 by water ; eggs, 2, greenish, thickly spotted. 



