1873. 
Aug. 27, 
Sept.15, 
1874. 
A 
Aug, 18. 
“ 22 . 
Sept. 3. 
1879. 
Ma3/- 23. 
■JuriO 16. 
Colymbus torquatus. 
,| Maine (Lake Umabgog ) . 
wniie coming dovm the Lake aft( 
mournful cries of many Ijoons. 
Shot an adult female in perfect plumage She 
weighed eleven pounds and two ounces. Although a bull-- 
from rny 4 caliBrer rifle passed directly through the mid, 
die oi her heck, shattering most of the vertebrae and 
cu ing t e jugular vein, she dove twice after-'vards -rH 
swam^for a long distance under water; in fact I had tV 
SiOO„ iior again with shot, before she could be eapturodf 
■in ■tvenoj-fivo shots at a Loon which v/as sv/-immin 
xn the Lake near the Outlet. He rather seemed to e^o" 
the fun, paying little attention to the bullets other 
than to rise and flap his wings when one came very near 
Killed an 
first shot my 
ing tiio tongue 
me but vms obi 
put aiiother ba 
him instantly, 
on the surface 
his glossy bac 
adult bird in Leonard’s Bond. At thn 
rifle ball passed through his throat sever. 
_at Its base. He dove and tried to oass 
xged to come up within a few yards wh^n I 
11 through the back of his head killing 
He was a beautiful bird as he lav dead 
of tne water among the green lily-p^gs; 
n frosted with air bubbles. 
instn-H n.,.crly every Loon that we overtook 
instead oi aivingiflew; all cleared f-.,. 
apparent ease. '-'Ce with 
■ways in his !,i7i itsbrimht 
T-t scales gleaming in th- uur 
It seemed to give hi' - much troubl 
-ight. 
for© he 
[|Succeeded in sv/allow-i na it n-iv. • " 
ioccupi,Kl Eo„oraJ mirmtos Process ,rtic 
'real sufferinm s-’-TMit-r tt • eor.,,.a to be at times in 
;:trying in vain to dive^^ surface and apparently 
'll their nes 
^ -rho has found a nur.b-r 
t 0 ,..ls n©; that Loon’s eggs ar- rer-itr i i ■ 
before the middle of j-no and 
once, however found ^ 
n ’ a Siiiglo -gm .Tun- 1 mv 
allv r-.o n -.c:+ , ' oo uun 0 i. Thora i s n 
uo n ,‘St v/hatover the -o-cro >- xb u 
b re ground from one toVi^o rodo^ ""fron^T'^ 
He hrs found only one nest Tn'hi^ rhoT. ^dg 
was a bulky arf--in m-^ iHiolo experience; t 
■xiV a, Tain mainly composed of urass xr 
las ever- Q__ , - brass. Ho one 
here has over 
ion more than 
two eggs in a sot. 
third if surprised on th- r 1 ' 
remarkable so-ed over the clumsily but wit] 
- Q, over the ground to the water’s edge; 
