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Range (Breeds in the northern parts)

Breeds in the northern parts of the northern hemisphere; in North America migrates southward in winter to the northern United States, casually to Ohio and Long Island.

Long Island, A. V., one record.

Nest, a slight depression in the ground within a few feet of the water. Eggs, two, grayish olive-brown, spotted or scrawled with blackish, 3.20 × 2.10. This species is a very rare winter visitant to the northern border of the United States. The most southern record of its occurrence is Long Island (Dutcher, Auk, x, 1893, p. 265). 11. Urinator lumme (Gunn.). RED-THROATED LOON. Ad. in summer.-Back, wings, and tail fuscous, more or less spotted with white; head and neck ashy gray; foreneck chestnut; back of the neck black, streaked with white; breast and belly white; longer under tail-coverts and band at the base of shorter ones fuscous. Ad. in winter and Im. --Similar to U. imber, but back spotted with white. L., 25.00; W., 11.00; Tar., 2.60; B., 2.00.