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VERTEJ5K ATA. 



livintr ohii-dy ut sea, aii-l .liviuL; with irrcat cast-, and remaining for a longtime under water. During 



the breeding season they frequent 

 ishmds and interior lakes and pools 

 of fresh water, where they make 

 their nests among reeds and flags 

 some thirty or forty yards from 

 the water's edge. The eggs arc- 

 two to three. Their wings arc 

 short, but their flight is strong 

 and rapid. They prefer, liow- 

 cver, to dive rather than take 

 wing. Their legs are placed so 

 far behind that they cannot walk 

 upon them ; still they shove 

 themselves along on the ground 

 by jerks, rubbing the breast on 

 the ground. They make a reg- 

 ular path from the water to their 

 nests. 



The Great Northern Diver 

 or Loon, C. f/lacialis, thirty-two 

 inches long ; ranges from 28^^ 

 to V0° north latitude, and is com- 

 mon to both Europe and Am- 

 erica. (See p. 303.) 



The Black-throated Diver, 

 C. arcticus, is twenty-nine inches 

 long; found in Europe and Am- 

 erica. 



The Red-throated Diver, C. 

 sf/?/e?i?r/o?2«7/s, twenty-four inches 

 long, is common in Europe and 

 America. This is called Scape- 

 Orace on our coast. 



Genus URIA: ?7r/a.— This 

 includes the Guillemots, resem- 

 bling the divers : they are oce- 

 anic birds, and swnm and dive 

 well, and thus are able to secure 

 the small fishes and Crustacea on 

 which they feed. 



The Common Guillemot, U. 

 iroUc — the Willock or Tlnker- 

 shcre of Eno-land — is ei^'hteen 

 inches long; lays a single egg, 

 those of different birds differing 

 in color; found in the northern 

 regions of Europe and America. 

 Accordins: to Yarrell this is the 

 Foolish Guillemot of Pennant 

 and others, so called because it 

 allows itself to be taken by the 



THE RED-THROATED DIVEE. 



THE BLACK GUILLEMOT. 



Iiand in the breeding season; it is the Murre of De Kay and Nuttall. 



