RED-THROATED TOON. 
Urin.\tor lum.me. 
Char. Prevailing color brovvni.sh black, varied by paler and a few 
spots of white ; bead and neck light slate gray, the throat with a patch of 
bright che.stmit ; under parts silky white. Length about 25 inches. 
Nest. On the margin of a retired pond, — a depression in the sand, close 
to the water’s edge; sometimes lined with a few bits of grass. 
Ii'ss;s. Usually 2 ; pale browm, often tinged with olive, and spotted 
with dark brown; average size about 2.75 X 1.80. 
This species is again a general inhabitant of the northern 
regions of both continents, from whence few migrate to any 
great distance, — excejtt the young, and these are seen not un- 
commonly along the coasts of the United States in the course 
