Grebes and Loons 



I. Western Grebe; Swan Grebe {/^chmophorus oc- 

 eidentatis). L. 26. Ads., summer. Crown and hind- 

 neck black; back grayish brown; sides of head and un* 

 der parts white. IVinUr. Cruwn and hindneck like 

 back. Notes, A loud, rattling, grating whistle, 



Ran™.— Western North America; In summer eastward to Shoal 

 Lake. Manitoba; norlhw;ird 10 snuihern Alaska; bieeds larally from 

 norihern Californid and iNurih Dakota northward; winters from British 

 Columbia to centrai Mexico. 



7. Loon (Gavia imber'). L. 32. Ads., summer. 

 Above, inv;luding whole neck, glossy black; throat and 

 neck with white streaks; back and wings with white 

 spots or bars; Delly white. IVinter Above blackish 

 margined with grayish; no white spots; below white. 

 Notes. A loud, maniacal laugh. 



Range.— Northern hemisphere; In North America, breeds from 

 Maine, northern Illinois, Minnesota, and northern California north to 

 Greenland and Alaska; winters from about southern limit of breeding 

 range south to Gult of Mexico, chiefly on coasts. 



8. Yellow-billed Loon (Ga-oia adamsit). L. 36. 

 Similar to No. 7, but larger and bill yellowish or whitish. 

 Notes. Similartothoseof No. 7, but harsher. (Murdoch.) 



RanKe.— "Arctic America west of Hudson Bay, and northern Asia; 

 .TSUal in njrthern Europe." (A. O. U.) 



9. Black-throafed Loon (Gawa arctica). L. 27; 

 W. 13. Ads., summer. Foreneck and back bluish 

 black; throat, neck, and back streaked or barred with 

 white; crown and nape gray; belly white. IVinter. 

 Similar to No. 7, but smaller. Notes. A dismal "too- 

 too-e-e." (Turner.) 



Range.-Northern part of norihern hemisphere; in America breeds 

 from Hudson Bay north to Arttic coast; winters south to British Col- 

 umbia, the Great Lakes and. casually, to Long Island. 



10. Pacific Loon (Gavia padfica). Similar to No. 



S, but f oreneck in summer reflecting deep blue or green; 

 iodneck paler: smaller, W. 11. NoUs. A harsh "kok, 

 V. hoh, kok." (Murdoch.) 



Range —Western North America; breeds at Point Barrow, Alaska, 

 I ani^ ea^twdrJ; winters au.ith along Pacific Coast to Mexico. 



II. Red-ihroAted Loon [Gavialttmme). L. 25. Ads., 



summer. Foreneck chestnut, head and neck ashy. 

 IVinter. Similar to No. 7, in winter, but back spotted 

 with white. Notes. A harsh "gr-r ga, gr-r, gr-r-ga, 

 gr-r." (Nelson.) 



Range. — Northern part of northern hemisphere; In North America 

 breeds from New Brunswick 10 Greenland and Hudson Bay, and 

 northwest to Alaska; winters south to South Carolina and southern 

 California. 



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