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LOONS. 



spots above, fig. 11. The bill is proportion- 

 ately heavier and the head looks larger. The 

 neck and back also look darker, and the dusk- 

 iness extends down on the sides of the head. 



Fig. 12. 



Feather from back of Loon in somewhat worn summer 

 dress. 



The weird cries of the Loon are given 

 throughout the year, but are more varied in 

 summer. At night a single wailing note, 

 like "Where" is uttered; to this sometimes 

 added another note, "are". At early dawn 

 a shorter sound is heard, terminating these, 

 and given with a rising inflection; all togeth- 

 er then become, "Where are you?" The 

 alarm note, night or day, is, a Wa-ou-ou-ar", 

 given nearly as one continuous cry; the flight 



