l88 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



and spotted with white. ]]'intcr plumage : Head grayisli. throat white or grayisli white, wings 



and back not streaked or spotted. 



Length, 31 : Wing, 14 ; Tarsus, ^.y^^ : Uill. 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 eiitis are crravish 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 (Gunn.). 

 Red=throated Loon. Red=throated Diver. 



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

 gray; nape Ijlack streaked witli white : front of the neck reddish hrowu, under parts white. 

 Adult ill li'iiiter : Throat white or grayish white; back showing wliite spots. 

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



Florida in winter : not unconnnon on the coast. ])reeds 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. 



