1879 
Colyrabus torquatus. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog ). 
(Juno 15) it is totally unable to rise in the air from the ground. 
The majority of tne nesos are foui'id on islands but an 
■ oceasioxial pair of birds will select s tfrio remote projoct- 
'' ing point. 
1880. ’ 
May IG, 
June 19. 
1881. 
Hay 16, 
20 . 
One of its notes, a cry of tv/o sylables s 
the Yxind wailing through the rigging of a ship. 
ounds like 
^Alva Ooolidge shov/od mo several spots v/hero h.o >-ad 
found Loon’s nests. They -.vero among scattering aiders 
at high ,.ater nsark on islands. Ho once found a nest 
(in thj "Pong in the River ”)3 to roach which the Loon had 
to climb a high bank over some large boulders. Whore 
ouo Sxiores are earthy or muddy the birds vxear a smooth 
path^to the v/ater’s edge. They not in froquor-,tly breed 
on floating islands. The eggs are usually laid on the 
bare earth in a hollow scraped out by the bird, which 
largo bulxy nest. 
howe Ve r , s om o t iiji os builds 
A Loon in grey immature plumage with white th>’oat 
|, and breast swimming on the flooded meadow near th^ house. 
Several pairs of the Lake. 
1882. 
Oct.8-22 „ 
A fevY seen. 
