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scooped in the (^ontrc of the turf, in wliieh the eggs were found lying on a very few- 

 withered reeds. In tlie record, (jf one hundred and five nests, nuide hy Mr. AlaeKar- 

 hine, in no instanet' were there nu)re than two eggs in a nest. 



Mr. Afhuus ("Ibis," 1878) mentions this species as always to be met with, after 

 the first week in June, in the shallow bays along tlie coast of Norton Sound, wliero 

 tliese birds ke])t up a continual screaming througliout tlu* day. Tliey were said to 

 breed thent; but he was not able to verify tlie trutli of the statement. 



Tlu! localities in the northern regions in wliicli this Diver has been j>rocured 

 are as follows : Fort Kae, CJreat Slave Lake, Fort Yukon, and the Yukon Uiver 

 generally, liy Mr. Kennicott ; Fort Kae, by Mr. \\. K. Ross and .Mr. li. Clarke; Fort 

 Yukcm, by Mr. J. Sibbiston and Mr. S. tlones ; Anderson Uiver, Fort Anderson, the 

 Harren Grounds, Arctic coast, Hendezvous Lake, etc., by Mr. MacFarlane ; on the 

 islands in Liverj)ool I5ay, islands in Franklin l»ay, on Stuart's Island, by Mr. I'ease; 

 at Sitka, by Mr. IJischotf ; anumg the (lens de Large Mountains, l)y Mr. McDougall. 



The eggs of this si)ecies have a ground-color varying from a deep und)er to a pale 

 greenish gray. The markings, like those of the tori/uatKs (= inniii'r) and tlie srjifen- 

 ti'ioniilis (= hniniw), are of a deep bmwuisli black. Three eggs from llie Yukon have 

 these measurements: L'.<Jo by I'.OO inches; ^.00 by I'.UO; ;{.1'5 by L85. 



TTrinator lumme. 



ichael's. 

 obtained 

 livi', and 



Yukon, 

 ■r. 



I as San 

 ,t it may 

 its habits 



to utter 



y of Fort 

 's a nu're 

 •e of turf 

 vegetable 

 ater. lu 

 ;(piare, on 

 had iH'cn 



THB RED-THXOATED LOON. 



Colymhnit hnmnr, CiVSSFM. Troiul. .Sdsk. Skr. I. 1701, pi ii. lij;. 2. — Hiti'sN. Orii. Ilnr. 17(14, 31* 



(ailiilt). 

 Urimtor iKinmr, SriMN. I'r. U. S. Nat. Mils. Vol. .1. 188-.', 4:t. 

 Ool!imh,i.i srptnitnimiiHs, Linn. S. N'. I. 17fiil, L-Jd (a.liilt). - Sw. .^ Uicii. I". U. .\. II. I8;il, 47l!. - 



NriT. Mail. II. 18:14, .ll'.i. —An.. Oni. Uhy^. 111. 183.^, 'in, ^,\. -jd'j ; Syiiop. 18:W, 3:,4 ; U. Am. 



VII. 1814, '.!!•'.>, pi. 478.— I.AWu. in llaiid's l\. X. Am. IS.'.S, .s'.Ki. - lUii;i., Cat. N. Am. W. 



18."i!», no. 701. — rm-Ks, Ki\v, 187-.', :13.". ; ('lic(k l.Ut, lH7;i, no. ii(i7 ; I'll. •.', 1882, no. 844; 



n. N. W. 1874, 724. — Kli>t;w. N'oin. X. Am. 11. issl, no. 74(t. 

 Ciihimhus slelhttax, lliii'SN. t. i'. no. IIIO (yoiiii;,'). 

 Coliliill'tii Imratlis, lllti'NN. t. r. ui>. IMI. 

 rdhimhim strintiii, (iMKI,. .S. X. I. ii. IT-^S. .I,"!! (yoiiii!;). 

 C'lihiiiiliii.i rufitijaliiris, Mi;vr,ii, Tasili. lli'iitsdi. Vo^. II. 4.");J (adult). 

 Cohjmbus viicrorhjiachus, Bkkii.m, Nanni. V. IS'i.-i, 'MM, 



vol,. IF. — r)H 



All nil, nummtr plamtfjt'. 



