LOON NOTES AND QUERIES. 



ROBERT J. SIM. 



Illustrated by the Author. 



Birds of the order Pygopodcs, have long 

 had a great fascination for me. The diving 

 birds which have been found in this coun- 

 try, to my certain knowledge, are the great 

 Northern diver, or common loon, the red- 

 throat loon, the horned grebe, and the 

 piedbill grebe. During the autumn migra- 



ponds, where it sometimes associates with 

 a coot or 2. 



In November, 1901, during a short stay 

 at the lake, I spent manv hours watching a 

 horned and a piedbill grebe. They were 

 feeding together on a sluggish stream 

 which comes "from the haunts of the coot 



GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. 



tion the horned grebe, in sober dress, is 

 common on lake Erie, but is seldom seen 

 inland. On the other hand, the little 

 dabchick is more often met on streams and 



and the heron." The piedbill made many 

 successful trips to the lower regions, and 

 seemed always to come to the surface to 

 swallow his food. Minnows were swal- 



HORNED GREBE IN WINTER PLUMAGE. 

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