12 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



abundance though we were unable to find the nest. One of their 

 breeding grounds was evidently a swampy lagoon, some five or 

 six miles inland, but the nests were inaccessible. {Murdoch.) 



■J-1- Bed-throated Loon. 



Gavia lumme (Gunn.) Allen. 1897. 



This species is a common summer migrant throughout the 

 northern part of the continent. It breeds in Greenland in both 

 Inspectorates {Arct. Man), and in Newfoundland in small ponds in 

 the marshes, placing its nest in a tussock of grass surrounded by 

 water. (Reeks) A not uncommon summer resident in New Bruns- 

 wick. (Chamberlain) Abundant in Labrador, and breeding around 

 Hudson Bay and westward, north of the Arctic circle, to Alaska, 

 where it is the most abundant species of Loon. {Nelson.') 



Two specimens were taken in Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver 

 Island in March, 1891 ; in my experience this bird is rare in 

 British Columbia. {Fannin) 



It is rarely met with in Quebec, Ontario or Manitoba, and has 

 not been observed in the prairie region or the Rocky Mountains. 



Breeding Notes. — From the first of June until the first of July 

 fresh eggs may be found. The nesting-sites chosen are identical 

 with those of the Black-throated species. Like the latter species, 

 also, the eggs, two in number, are laid directly upon the ground, 

 and the spot chosen is often wet and muddy. One nest was 

 found on frozen ground, and ice was floating in the pond. The 

 young are led to the streams, large lakes, or sea-coast as soon as 

 they are able to follow the parents, and they fall an easy prey to 

 the hunters until with the growth of their quill-feathers they 

 obtain some wisdom. {Nelson) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



There are three specimens of this species in the collection. 

 One — a young male shot at Ottawa in 1885, another at Toronto 

 in 1884, and a third by Dr. R. Bell at Kingston, Ont., in 1882. 



Of eggs we have four specimens, two taken at Cape Prince of 

 Wales, in June, 1885, by F. F. Payne, and two collected at Repulse 

 Bai^ and received from A. P. Low. 



