452 



Till': I)1VIV(} lilUDS- I'YiiOl'ODKS. 



Il< 



liiivo Ix't'ii idfiiticiil with tlic lurin siiicr dfscrilM'd as ('o/i/nilnis .i</<nn.i!!. It is com- 

 luon in tilt' northwt'sti'in jtiiits ol' Ndrtli America, and said to lie also of occasional 

 occurrence in Kni,dand. Asia, and iierliajis (dsewliere. We have no notes touchinj,' its 

 specific peculiarities; and, indeed, it is not probahle that these dilTer in any respect 

 from those of the t'omiiion Loon. 



Mr. IJeruard Uoss mentions his havini^ met with it in consideralile numhers in 

 (ireat Slave Lake. .Mr. .Mael-'arlane found it lireediiij,', and olitained two e^'j^'s and 

 several specimens of the liird, in the vicinity of Fort .Vnderson and on the shores of 

 the .\rctic Ocean. Specimens were also taken hy Mr. Uoss at Fort Siiiipson, liy .Mr. 

 Clarke at Fort l!ae, i)y .Mr. •!. lu'id (Ui I'du;- Island, iiid liy I'dscholV at Kadiak. 



This iioon was found to lie (piitc coiiiiiKUi at l''cirt IJesolution, where several speci- 

 mens were olitained iiy .Mr. Kennicott in the summer of ISdO, as well as on the 

 \'iikon Iviver. Mr. I>. IJ. iJoss seeiiretl specimens at Fort Norman and l''ort .*^iiiipsoii. 

 It was obtained on I'eal's Hiver l«y .Mr. (iaudel. on l>i;^ Island liy .Mr. .lohn Heid, 

 at l'\)rt Itae hy .Mr. L. Clarke, at Fort ilesidution hy .Mr. .1. Loekhart, and on the 

 .\iiderson Itiver and in its nei{,diliorhood jj;eiierally hy Mr. MacFarlaue. 



.Mr. Whitidy ('• Ihis," iSCiT) and .Mr. Swinlme (•• lliis." ISdT) speak of tindiiii,' 

 this species ('(million in the spring; in ^'e/.o. Mr. !•'. Adams — in honor (d' wlumi this 

 species was named liy .Mr. (Iray — was present Iroiii (tcidlicr, IS.">0, to .lune, iM.'il, at 

 .Miclialaski, .\laska, on the shores of Norlui's Sound. In his notes on the liirds tiieii 

 and there ohserved {•' lliis." 1S7S), inentiou is made of wiiat is presumed to lie this 

 form, known to the natives as the Toii-uo-s/!/,-. He did not see any himsell'. hut he 

 was told that this liird did not arrive iiefore tiie end of .\u,i;iist. The natives had in 

 their pos.se.ssion plenty of skins, which they eonverl into ha.^ts for their tools. 



Urinator arcticuB. 



THE ABCTIC LOON, 



l\<himliiis(tr<-tu-iii, l.iss, .><. N. I. c.j. Id. 17"iS, l:t.". ; ,■■1. VI, iruii. 'J'Jl. \',u\\. k Sw. V. I!. A. It. 



is.tl, »r:.. - Xi n. .Miiii. II. l."*'!!, U\l. \\\<. (Mil. Ili.iK'. IV. Isits. ;ti.^ : II. .\iii. VII. lSt4, 



2'.i.'>, pi. 177. I.AWii. ill Ibihl's It. N. .\iii. Is.-iS, s>s. Uaiimi, i at. N. .\iii. II. IH.V.i, im. il;iii, 



('nils. I'r. .\r. .\,il. .S,i. I'liiliiii. lStl'.J, '."J.S ; K.y. 1 S7'.', ;i;U ; Clink l.lsl, 1 H7:l, m». (Klli ; ..l. -J, 



ISSJ, no. Sl'J; Itinis N. \V. Is7i, 7-^1. Iiii.,:w. Noin. N. .Viii. It. 1>SI, m,. 7;lS. 



rriiiiil<ir iiniiriis, .Sikin, I'io. . I'. .S. N,il. Mils. Vol. ."p, ISti'.', 4;t. 



>'iiliimlii(x iiliirnirliiiiiili"^, liltKlIM, \'i"^. Mi'iilsrlil. Is:il,'.i7l. 



Ciihliiiliili lil'ifrliiiiifliiis, ItliKll.M, Naillii. V. I S.'i.'i, ;!(iil. 



l'oljliiiliii-1 iijH'ilii'', ItKi'iisi . (li'iiii'iii. .Niitiirn. Ih'iitsilil. II, 17l'l, 7s'J. 



Cohimhus litli-oiiin, llnilsi. Natm;^, IV. Isti!', ll'J.'i. 



II.Mi. Neiilniii |i;iii (if iiDrlliiiii liciiii^piiciv III .\iii('iir,i. iiii;^'riilin^; .siiutli in winlcr, tlir(iiiL,'li 

 till' Ivishrii PiiiN iiiii'. In ijii- NHiiinrii I'liiliMJ Slates. 



.S|', Cn.\i(. .\iliili: I 'liiii, liirnMl, Mtiil I'oii'iii'.k v<'l\('l\ |iiii|ilisli lilark, with a piirjilisli vinjci 

 ri'lliMiioii, lliis lijiiik lioinicliil -iiiiriilv IhIhw, Imi <iii thi' .sides i.l' ijic |iiM<l li|iii(liii>; -iMiliiiilly iiii'i 

 llii' ( iijui' lit till' I'lict'ks Mh<l loll . wliicli Mil' ^liiokv sj.ii,,, lliis nilnr ;,-i','iilihdly l;i>liii^' iiilii a I'ltliir 

 li;;lll stimky lilicl'i'iills, wllirll nrcilpics tin- wlmli' upper part uf llie head and the enlire ii.ipe ; ^rl-iiss 

 the fiirenerk, just Ih'IiiW tile tlirnat, a liar of while streaks ; nil the siiles i,|'tl|e liei'k, lietWi'i II liie 

 purplish lilai k nf ihe Inlelieik and the ash nt the nape, sevei.il |ii|i;,'itl|i|ilial Inws III' Mark and 

 while slle.iks, llle latter tiail'nwesl. I'pper palls ileep lil.n k, the Upper part nf tlie hark wilii l\\n 



parallel Intii^iliiilinal series nl' hrnad white liars, I lie iiiiier siapidars wiili a sin^h' series nf niiiili 

 larp'r hut nllierwise similar hai"!*, mid the wiiifj-i'uvcrtH iiiarkcd with small nvatc spni.s nf while. 



hiiWer parts while, ll|i> siiles nt ihe jll^llhmi streaked with lilai'k ; entire sides linilnliil intense 



lilai'k. Hill lilai'k, the tip li;4lii. r ; iiin l>ri>,'lil lannine ; leu^s and I'let •■ ^-rayisli liliie, their inner 

 sides liii^eil with yelliiw ; rl.iws lilai'k, ill. it •>( the inner tne vellnwisli al the Imu<(> " (.\riii'iioN). 



