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mostly in November. The report furnished to Mr. Rhoads that they 

 bred on Lake Hopatcong 1 has not been confirmed, though they occur 

 rarely both there and on Budd's Lake in migrations. 2 



Like the Grebes, the Loon is an expert diver, and will swim for long- 

 distances under water, or with only his head protruding. With us 

 they are birds of the ocean and large bays, and only now and then a 

 straggler, on his way to or from the northern lakes which form his 

 home, is driven by storms to alight on some small pond or even on 

 the ground. In the latter case he is in a sad predicament, as a Loon 

 on land can only flounder along in a most ungainly fashion, falling 

 forward upon his breast after every effort at progression, and darting 

 his snake-like neck here and there with vicious lunges. 



11 Gavla stellata (Pontoppidan). 

 Red-throated Loon. 



Adults in spring. Length, 24-27. Wing, 10-11.50. Above, brownish-black, 

 more or less speckled with white ; head and neck, black above, streaked with 

 white, a patch of rich chestnut on the fore neck ending in a point on the throat ; 

 under parts, white. 



Adults and young in winter. Above, dull slate color speckled with white ; 

 below, white. 



This species occurs in practically the same way as the preceding, 

 being most plentiful in migrations. It is apparently less common on 

 the coast, but Mr. Fowler 3 states that on the upper Delaware it 

 seems rather more plentiful than the larger species. Mr. Scott 4 states 

 that he saw and took a number during April, 1877, while at Long 

 Beach. Mr. I. N. DeHaven secured one at Atlantic City, November 5th, 

 1894, 5 which is the earliest coast record I have found, while one taken 

 by Mr. Stanart on Grassy Sound, 6 June 1.5th, 1904, is the latest, and 

 is, of course, unusual. In the Delaware, opposite League Island, Mr. 



1 Stone, Birds of E. Pa. and N. J., p. 39. 



2 Thurber, Birds of Morris county. 



3 Cassinia, 1903, p. 45. 



4 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 1879, p. 228. 



5 Abst. Proc. D. V. O. C., II., p. 14. 



6 Burns, Wilson Bull., 1906, p. 25. 



