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BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 



Ill suinuier these (.Ti-ebes breed commonly throughout tlie North- 

 West. Here is what is said about them in Mi'. Thompson's "Birds of 

 Manitoba": "Very abundant summer residents on everj^ lake, slough 

 or pond large enough to give them sufficient water privilege, arriving 

 as soon as the ice is gone and departing when their haunts freeze 

 over." 



F.uiuA- ITRINATORID^. Looxs. 



Gf.xu.s URINATOR Cuvikk. 



URTNATOR IMBER (Grxx.). 



5. Loon. (7) 



Black: lielow from the bi-east wliite, with dark touches on the sides and 

 vent ; hack with numerous square white spots ; head and neck iridescent with 

 violet and green, having a patch oi sliai-p white streaks on each side of the neck 

 and anothei- on the throat; Viill Ijlack. Yoini;/: — Dark gray above, tiie featlieis 

 with paler edges; below, white from tlie bill, the sides dusky; bill yellowish- 

 green and dusky. Length, ii-S feet; extent, about 4; wing, about 14 inches ; 

 tarsus, 3 or more; longest toe and claw, 4 or more; bill, .'? or less, at base 1 

 deep and 4 wide, the culmen, commissuie and gonys all gently curved. 



Hae. — Northern part of northern hemisphere. In Xorth America Ijreeds 

 from the northein tier of States northward: ranges in winter south to tlie ("lulf 

 of Mexico. 



