THE d ILLS AND TEL 



213 



•). is nearlj or quite extinct, being until lab 

 1 to one or two inaccessible isli and, wl 



it baa b since L844, and to Labrador, though 



formerly i I ranged from Cain' Cod northward, a few sur- 

 vivors having lived on the Funks, an islet on ; 3tern 

 coasl of Newfoundland, within perhaps thirty years. 



The gi ive lobate feet, and the tail is a mere tuf 



downy feathers. They lay a greater numbei 

 than in other birds of this order. The i • formed of 



matted \ to the 



water, or, as il is said, float 

 among aquatic plan The 



young sh i in as soon as they are 

 hatched. These birds inhabit 

 the lake- and rivers of all pans 

 of the earth. The pied-billed 

 'odilymbus pndiceps) is 



mmon in the CTnited States in 

 the winter. 



The loons are well known for 

 their lai _ - . flat bodies, 1 < > 1 1 lt 



ks, and quickness in divii 

 They are migratory, and lay t ,,. ril 



or three eggs in rushes near the 



water'- Their v. >iee icmely loud and harsh. 



The great northern diver (i ibus torquafus), which 

 tenants our lakes and bays, is '.'' th; it is 



black and white, the head ami neck iridescent with violet 

 and green; while the red throated divi 



mailer, with a large chestnut-red patch on the thro 



Order '.'. /. s (Long-winged Bwimmers). — The 



petrels, gulls, and terns represent this group. They have 

 long, slender, compressed bills, long, sharp \n 

 powers of flight, aud lay their eggs in rude nests ou roc 

 upon the ground. The petrels, or " Mother Can - I lick- 

 ens, " belong to the genus remarkable 

 for their small size ami slight In. die-; tluy are ever on the 



