THE CRY OF THE LOOX 





like a distressful howl, and again ii resembles wild, unculti- 

 vated Laughter. It is an expert (liver and fisher, and in sum- 

 mer is at home all over the upper two-thirds of North Amer- 

 ica, breeding from our northern states to the Arctic Circle, 



COMMON Ml RRB. 



THE LOi'N 



quite across the continent. In winter it migrates southward 

 to the dull' and the Mexican boundary. 



Its eggs are two in Dumber, of a dull-green color. The 

 newly hatched birds are covered with black down, and in 

 travelling the mother bird often swims with them upon her 

 hack. The Loon rises t'rmn the water with considerable 



