RED-THROATED LOON. 



Urinator lumme. 



Char. Prevailing color brownish black, varied by paler and a few 

 spots of white ; head and neck light slate gray, the throat with a patch of 

 bright chestnut ; under parts silky white. Length about 25 inches. 



Nest. On the margin of a retired pond, — a depression in the sand, close 

 to the water's edge; sometimes lined with a few bits of grass. 



Eggs. Usually 2 ; pale brown, often tinged with olive, and spotted 

 with dark brown; average size about 2.75 X i.So. 



This species is again a general inliabitant of the northern 

 regions of both continents, from whence few migrate to any 

 great distance, — except the young, and these are seen not un- 

 commonly along the coasts of the United States in the course 



