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cessory to the action of the feet, particularly when they were exhausted 

 and frightened. 



Mr. C. H. Weekes, Harwich, Massachusetts, writes: 



Some years ago at Tiverton River, Rhode Island, I noticed a Loon 

 where the water was 3 or 4 feet deep, and the seaweed very dense and 

 near the top of the water. This Loon was moulting and could not fly. 

 We chased it with the boat and finally caught it. The water was very 

 clear, and when nearing the Loon in our chase the bird used both wings 

 and feet while under water. 



Mr. W. A. Matheson, Harrington, Rhode Island, writes, re- 

 garding the same Loon : 



I saw the Loon which passed the boat at arm's length about 8 or 10 

 feet under water. It was making rapid progress with wings about half 

 extended, and seemed to fly in the water. It must have also used its 

 feet, as they were not extended back with the tail. 



Major Mark Robinson, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, 

 says:- 



I will give you my experience while watching a Loon pass under a 

 bridge on which I was standing. This Loon was quite tame, as we do 

 not allow any person to trouble them. It will sit and watch us at 10 

 feet distance, swimming easily. It uses only its feet to swim, but in 

 pursuit of fish, etc., it uses the wings, keeping the long points of the 

 wings close to the body. At the shoulder the wings appear to open to 

 full extent. My son and I captured a pair of baby Loons by following 

 them in a canoe. The young Loons did not use their feet at all in their 

 frantic efforts to escape, and in their case the end of the wing was held 

 close to the body with full play at the shoulder. I have questioned old 

 guides and bushmen regarding the loon under water, and in every case 

 their reply is, "Of course they use their wings to fish." 



Captain George H. Mackay, Jr., writes that since Loons have 

 been protected in spring at Nantucket under the Migratory 

 Bird Treaty Act, they have become very tame, and come close 

 to the wharf in the harbor. In January, 1921, he sat on the 

 wharf within 20 feet of a Loon which was diving and swimming 

 under water. The water was clear, and everything that the 

 bird did could be seen. The Loon used its wings, spreading 

 them quite widely, but perhaps not completely, and moved 



