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TIIH DIVIXd UIRDS - PY(}0I'01)ES. 



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When kt'i»t in eoiifiiu'iiu'iit, and oiippled in wing, it will wandor to (juite a distance 

 from its jtond liy night, and s*'i'k to i-seapo or hido itself. If, wIumi wonnded, it falls 

 \il)oii the land, it will, if iiursued, attempt to escape in a very rapid, though a very 

 elumsy, manner. 



In the spring the Loon may l)e attraeted to the sliore by tlie waving of a Itright- 

 eolored handkerchief, as I have several times witnessed. (Mi sm-h occasions the bird 

 seems to lay aside all its caution, and swims uj) to •ilmost sure death. One person 

 waves the attractive lure, while another keeps a steady aim, and tires when the bird 

 is in short range and can make no successful effort to dive. In one instance my 

 companion in the 1; >at, .Mr. Jonathan Johnson, of Xahant, shot a very old bird that 

 behaved in a manner at first unaccountalile. Its attention was fixed upon another 

 boat, from whi(di it moved away ami tlirectly toward us. apparently taking no notice 

 of us, and not diving at tlie flasli of Mr. Johnson's gun. We found that it had been 

 blintlcd of one eye — which explainrd its not st'cing us, especially when its attention 

 v.-as fixed elsewhere. It 'ad evidt'iitly long before received a ghastly wounil on the 

 side and top of the iiead. that, strangely euo\igh, had not proved mortal; this had 

 partially healed over; tl: .igh a portion of the skidl had lict-n shot away, and one eye 

 was shrunken and useless. That it could have survived such a wound, and lived, as 

 it evidently had, for moutlis — if not yeiirs — after the injury was inflicted, showed 

 the wonderful tenacity of lite of this bip.l. 



On another occision a numlier of Loons became hemmed in by drift-ice in a small 

 t)peuing in Lynn Harbor. The s])ace was too limited to permit them to I'scape by 

 flying, and tlicy did not succeed by diving in passing out into the open sea. although 

 the distance was not more tlian a <piartcr of a mile. They .seemed to have h)st ;ill 

 presence of mind, and to be panic-strii-ken ; and allowed themselves to be shot i)ne 

 after the other, tlmugh escape by iliving was evidently within their reach. 



.Mr. Mael'arlanc found this species l)reeding in consi(h'rable nnndiers in the vicin- 

 ity <d' I'nrt .Vndersiin. .V nest, found in .Fune on the edge of a pond of water, was 

 a toU'rably large mass of turf, and was ]iartiall,\ screened from observation by grass 

 and reeds growing in its vicinity. .Vnother nest, found in July, Wiis coniiiosed of 

 a large mass of deca3cd vegetable matter. sit\iated on the edge of a snuiU lake. 

 There was a dci)rcssion made iiy the female in the ei'utre of this mass, on which the 

 eggs lay. In no instance were more than two eggs fou:;,i in a nest. 



Thi' specimens of the eggs of this sjiecies in the collection of the Smithsonian 

 Institution arc from Maine Nova Scotia. .Viexandria Hay, X. V.. ;ind from Minnt'sota. 

 Tiic groiuid-i'nlor of t 'gg varies from a deep raw-und)er to an olivaeeous-drali. 

 'I'lie markings are small in size, sjiarstdy distributctl, ami brownisii l)lack. Three 

 typical specimens measiu'e .'{..".li liy I'.L'.'t inchc ; .'>..■>() by L'.l."); and .'{.."».!> by I'.IO. 



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Urinator Adamsii. 



THE WHITE-BTLLED LOOK. 



Colymhun A 'imii, On w, P. '/.. S. IS.'.!!. It)". — < oi'Ks, I'r. Ao. Niit.Sci. riiiliul. 1802. 2i!7. — Rlimw. 



Noiii. N. Am. It. ISSl, 111). 7;!7. 

 Cohimliiin /ni-iiii'iliin, viir. .Iilmii^ii, CnrKs, Ki-y. 1S7"J, ^M : <'|ii>ik List, 187;t, mi. (id.'i ((. 

 t'li/iiiiihu.s liiri/Kiiliis, li. .Iiliniinii, t'ni'i'.s, jSiiils N. \V, 1S7I, 7'Ji'. 

 I'tili/iilliKH ltiriiiliilii:i .lililiiisi, <'cH K.s, 2il rlifik Ijst, ISS'.', nil. S41. 

 f'l-iiiittiir .'i^liiiiisii, .Sii;,iN. 1 I'd,', r. S. Nat. Mils. ','iil. .'., IssJ, 4;j, 



ll.vn. Aniii' .ViiicriiM, 'visi of IIuiIsoh'a llti/; I'usiml in Niprtin'm r.iirci|ic ami .V.-ia(0- 



Sp, ruAii. Snuiliir to f. //umic, Iml imuli larger, the hill vt ly iliU'ercnt in wliuiii' luul lolnr. 



