Show Loons N Not t Lunatics I To most of ot us the expression crazy as a R loon Is luI quite familiar but hut loons are not lunatics I and so far as we j know the they never neer become Insane There are thre three species of ot loons In northeastern North America tho throated ho throated black t the e throated red-throated and the great reat northern diver direr which Is called plain loop Their call Is ot ering clear quavering tones through ugh a n number ot of notes a notes a sort ot o weird lau laughter It may be express expressed iJ as o wali wali o Heard on u n dark nl night ht In the still still- stillness stillness stillness ness of ot the Nort North Northwoods North 1 woods It not only startles but alarms The expressIon craz crazy as a n loon undoubtedly has Its orIgIn In the maniacal laugh of this bIrd I |