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in Turkey Lake, on the line between Steuben and Lagrange counties, 

 and in Bear Lake, Noble County/' Mr. C. L. Cass notes it as breed- 

 ing in Steuben County, and Mr. W. B. Van Gorder in Noble County. 

 Mrs. Jane L. Hine is informed that they formerly nested in Steuben 

 County, on the point of land extending between the Twin Lakes of 

 the Wood, also at Big Turkey Lake. 



In 1876 Nelson gave it as "very common winter resident upon Lake 

 Michigan/' * * * * "of uncommon occurrence during sum- 

 mer" in Cook County, Illinois. Mr. J. Grafton Parker says of the 

 same county and Lake County, Indiana: "Although not common, it 

 is the common Loon with us. It can be found at Wolf and Calumet 

 lakes during April, October and November, and until late years bred 

 about these lakes." In the State Museum in the State House there 

 is a young Loon marked Zionsville, June, 1885. Mr. Stephen A. War- 

 nie informs me that some breed at St. Clair Flats, Michigan. 



The Loon's nest is simply a depression in bare ground, or a collec- 

 tion of a few sticks, weeds and swamp vegetation on land, or some- 

 times a depression in the top of a muskrat house. 



Its habits are very similar to those of the Grebes. It swims lower 

 in the water, often with little more than neck and head exposed; is 

 ever alert for danger; has come to regard every human being as its 

 enemy; is rapid in movement, diving at the flash of a gun, and coming 

 up out of range. 



The cry of the Loon is one of the characteristic sounds of the more 

 quiet lakes of northern North America. Its weird, melancholy notes 

 convey to those who have heard them impressions of the most lasting 

 character. 



6, (11.) Urinator lumme. (GUNN.). 



Bed-throated Loon. 



Adult. Blackish; below, white; dark along the sides and on the 

 vent and crissum; most of the head and fore neck, bluish-gray; the 

 throat with a large chestnut patch; hind neck, sharply streaked witli 

 white on a blackish ground; bill, black. (Wheaton.) Immature. 

 Lacking the markings on the head and neck; the back marked with 

 round or oval spots. 



Length, 18.00-27.00; wings, 10.00-11.50; bill, 2.25. 



RANGE. Northern part of the Northern Hemisphere. South in 

 winter to South Carolina and southern Indiana. Breeds from Mani- 

 tqba and Labrador northward. 



Nest, similar to that of U. imber. Eggs, 2, pale green, spotted with 

 brown. 



