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judging from the speed made. He is not sure that all strokes 

 of the wings and feet were simultaneous, as he saw the bird 

 (while near at hand) quite vertically, as he was sitting in the 

 stern of a small boat, the Loon passing quickly beneath; but 

 he believes that they were. 



Mr. Edmund W. Arthur of Pittsburgh observed some Loons 

 in July, 1917, in a small inlet near Manitou Dock, Georgian 

 Bay, Ontario. There were two adult Loons and two half- 

 fledged young. Mr. Arthur, with his companion, Hon. R. A. 

 Kennedy, pursued one of the young birds for twenty minutes 

 or more with a rowboat, hoping to tire it. During a large part 

 of the time, writes Mr. Arthur, it was seen swimming under 

 water within 4 to 10 feet of the boat. The wings were raised 

 apparently almost at right angles to the body in making the 

 stroke. Wings and feet were used and both swept back to- 

 gether. The observers did not see the feet used alone at any 

 time. Judge Kennedy told Mr. Arthur that he had had similar 

 experiences on two prior occasions. 



Mr. John L. Cole, Nevada, Iowa, writes me that in October, 

 1906, he saw a Loon in an ice pond. The bird did not fly, but 

 on his approach dived, making use of its wings in swimming 

 under water. The wings were half extended and quick strokes 

 were used. Both wings and feet were used, and moved to- 

 gether. The wing movements were very pronounced and put 

 one very much in mind of those made by the legs of a frog 

 when swimming. The bird swam very much faster when using 

 wings and feet than when using feet alone. 



Dr. William S. Bigelow, 56 Beacon Street, Boston, writes 

 that in 1865 he saw a loon, species unknown, at the North 

 Pond, Tuckernuck Island, Massachusetts. This loon, he says, 

 used its wide-spread wings under water. 



Mr. Owen Durfee of Fall River, Massachusetts, reports that 

 on July 4, 1915, in a small lake in Penobscot County, Maine, he 

 found a female Loon with a young bird evidently only a few 

 hours old. He saw the little bird dive and swim perhaps 30 

 feet under water. It continued diving but soon became tired, 

 and before he left was swimming not more than 6 or 8 inches 

 under water and going not more than 10 feet at a time. Ap- 

 parently the little wings were held out froni the sides and 



