l88 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



and spotted with white. Winter plutnage : Head grayish, throat white or grayish white, wings 

 and back not streaked or spotted. 



Length, 3« ; Wing, 14 ; Tarsus, 3.35 ; Bill, 2.75. 



A winter visitor to Florida, ranging from the far North, 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 weeds. 



URINATOR LUMME (Giinn:). 

 Red-throated Loon. Red-throated Diver. 



Adult in summer : Back and wings slaty brown marked with white; head and neck 

 gray; nape black streaked with white; front of the neck reddish brown, under parts white. 

 Adult in luinter : Throat white or grayish white; back showing 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 eggs 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. 



