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THE COLLECTORS' MONTHLY 



(4). 7. Urinator imber: 



Oreat Northern Diver, (736.) 



Above black, spotted on the back, and streaked 

 on the sides of the lower neck with white. Head 

 and neck black, glossed with green and purple. 

 A small tract in center of the neck in front, and a 

 larger tract on each side of the neck lower down, 

 streaked with white. Beaneath white. Irisbnght 

 red. Length 30 inches. 



A common winter resident, a few remain- 

 ing through the summer, but none breed. 

 These birds are frequently caught in the 

 fishermens pound nets, and I have seen 

 several in a pound at the same time, and 

 have had great sport shooting at them when 

 so trapped, only being able to kill them 

 when their feet had been so disabled by shot 

 (as they were disappearing) that they could 

 not dive so instantaneously as at first. 



Breeds from Noithern U. S. northward. 

 Nests on the ground near water. Eggs 

 average 3 65 x 2 : 25 in. Dark greenish 

 olive, with blackish spots, laid early in June. 



(5) 11. Urinator lumme: 



Red Throated Loon, (74©) 



Sides of head and neck, and upper part of throat 

 bluish gray. Neck behind streaked with black and 

 white, these streaks extending to ciown. A patch 

 of deep ieddish brown on throat. Above brownish 

 black, mottled more or less with white. Beneath 

 pure white. Iris red. Length 27 inches, 



A rather common winter visitor, in the 

 young plumage, which lacks the reddish 

 throat patch. I have had one specimen in 

 the adult plumage discribed above. I have 

 seen this bird at the North of the Alramaha 

 River, Georgia. 



Breeds in the far North. Eggs average 

 2: 83 x i: 77 in. Very dark greenish brown. 

 Usually two. Nests on ground near water. 



(6) 13. Fratercula arctica: 

 Common Puffin, (743.) 



Above, and ring around neck brownish black. 

 Top of head brownish ash. Bill orange, greenish 

 at base. Legs yellow. Length i foot. 



Davie in "Nests and Eggs of N. A. Birds" 



gives this bird's habitat as "South in winter 

 to L. I. and casually further" I have never 

 met with it. 



Breeds from coast of Maine northward, in 

 burrows in the ground, laying one egg, aver- 

 aging 2: 55 x i: 65 in. Dull white, spotted 

 with chocolate, and different shades of 

 brown. 



(7) 27. Cepphiis grylle: 



Black Gillemot, (760). 



Bill straight, pointed. Black throughout, except 

 a large patch of white on the wings and tips of the 

 primaries, which are ashy. Feet red. Length 13 

 inches. 



A rare bird off the coast in winter, this 

 being nearly their southern limit of imigration 

 Seldom seen in the inland bays, keeping 

 well outside. 



Breeds from the coast of Maine northward, 

 laying two or three eggs, on the bare rock of 

 a greenish or buffy white, blotched and 

 spotted with different shades of brown, and 

 averaging 2 : 32 x 1 : 58 in. 



(8) 30. Uria tro'ilei 



Murre. (763.) 



Above brownish black, with an ashy tinge. 

 Under parts, and tips of secondaries white. Bill 

 and feet black, the latter greenish. Length i^ 

 inches. 



Rare off the coast ii winter This family 

 of birds being oceanic in habits, are seldom 

 seen near the shore, except near their breed- 

 ing grounds in the far North. 



Breeds from the Gulf of St., Lawrance 

 northward. Lays one egg, averages 3 : 75 

 x 2 :oo in. Bluish, greenish, or white, with 

 markings of different browns. 



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