Old Records c or Msws.fc RhOd 6 Id, 
West Island, Seconnet Point, R. I., April 27, 1875. Shot one Red- 
throated Loon (Gavia stellata), April 16, 1878. A good many flying on 
migration; wind light northeast. Shot one on April 1, 1881; one on April 
13 1884' three on April 14, 1886; one on April 15 and four on April 20, 
1887 • one April 21, 1887, and April 16, 1892. A migrating movement east¬ 
ward; birds flying about sixty yards high; noted one flock of five one of 
six, the others scattering, about twenty-six birds m all. April 1/, 1892, 
saw eight flying on migration; wind light west. 
Auk 28, Jan-1911,9, /20. 
Old Records for Mass,& Rhede ;d. 
February 21,1892. WeshotaLoon (Gavia immer) to-day from the Jetty, 
which had scarcely any feathers on the wings; the bird could not possibly 
have flown. I took it to be a case of moult. 
Auk 28, Jau- 1911 , 9 * //f_ 
Old Records for Maas, h Rhod e Id. 
April 14, 1886. Quite a flight of Loons (Gavia immer), on migration; 
wind east, a gentle breeze. — George H. Mackay, Nantucket, Mass. 
Auk 28, Jaa-1911,9, J %Q. 
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