CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. I i. 



east {Kumelin) along the whole Arctic coast {Richardson), and 

 very abundantly along the shore of Behring Sea and in the in- 

 terior of Alaska as far as Fort Yukon. {Nelson.) A few have 

 been taken at Burrard Inlet, B.C. ; also at Dease Lake, Cassiar, 

 B.C. {Fannin.) 



Breeding Notes. — In spring the Black-throated Loons arrive 

 rather late, coming to the vicinity of the Yukon mouth from the 

 15th to 25th May. They appear singly, and are soon after, found 

 scattered in pairs among the numberless ponds in the marshes- 

 along the coast. The eggs are usually placed upon some small, 

 islet in a secluded pond. There is no attempt at a nest, and. 

 frequently the eggs lie in a spot washed by water when the wind 

 blows from the right quarter. In spite of this, however, the 

 young are duly hatched, and by the first of July may be found 

 swimming about with their parents. The eggs are dark olive, 

 blotched with black spots, which are generally confluent at the 

 larger end. Very frequently the spots are crowded into a black 

 patch at the very apex of the larger end. {Nelson.) 



museum specimen. 



One specimen — a male — obtained by Dr. R. Bell in Hudson 

 Bay in 1884. 



•10. Pacific Loon. 



Gavia pacificus (LA'iNK.) Allen. 1897. 



A single specimen obtained at St. Michael, Alaska, August 

 25th, 1876. {Turner^ Quite common at Point Barrow, and evi- 

 .dently breeding. The greater number, however, pass to the 

 eastward. {Murdoch) North to Arctic coast. {Ross.) Only 

 once observed this bird in the lower Fraser valley, during very 

 cold weather, and shot it. {Brooks.) 



Breeding Notes. — This is the most abundant diver in the 

 region investigated. Nests were discovered in the wooded coun- 

 try, in the Barren Grounds, and on the shores and islands of the 

 Arctic Sea. In all about one hundred and sixty-five nests, most 

 of which contained two eggs, were secured in the course of the five 

 seasons from 1862 to 1866 inclusive. {Macfarlane.) This species 

 arrives early in June at Point Barrow, and, as the ponds open, the 

 birds make themselves at home there, and evidently breed ia 



