Show DA D r v N I 1 N 6 I 1 TA L I 1 0 adry gar hda domer IV RED THROATED LOON them Ther therease eare arc some creatures said mr air reil throated th footed loon who think it Is 18 very ine fine indeed to have a different winter lint from summer hat they feel no smart an and so fashionable us its they go into tit tho shops in tho the winter and nay PIC 1190 shiow roo your intent winter lints hats and in tho the summer when they go in and say nay please s show how me ino your our latest summer hats now it t Is till all very well for then to do this but they forget tant there aro birds too who change their liend dress or bonnets in ili tile winter from tile the summer tit na well ns as they 1 I will admit that I 1 nin am speaking of my family und of myself and I 1 will niso also adinie that I 1 do riot not got get indifferent kind of lint hat every winter whiter like people do that Is because once I 1 take to 11 certain stylo style I 1 liko like it so much MIMI that I 1 have no desire to clinge it in the summer time my head Is gray with no white spots although there are it few streaks nt at lie back of my head now I 1 also change other feathers besides my head feathers just us as folks wear different winter coats froin their summer coats 1 I will tell you liow how I 1 dress at both times lit in tl alu v summer as I 1 said my head Is gray anti and my back is gray too I 1 havo have a large patch of chestnut brown feathers on the front part of my neck I 1 bay have white touches underneath now la in the winter I 1 have gray and white below but I 1 havo have white spots upon tipon my back I 1 think it Is nice to have something cheerful and attractive about ones dress in the winter time and so I 1 have chosen this fashion and rill it Is the fashion I 1 keep to and the one all my family keeps to wo ve change from one of these costumes to the other summer arid and winter winter and summer we can be told lold in the winter very easily too from tho the irol boell grebe birds by our winter dress and by the fact that there ther e arent white patches upon the wings and also we can bo be told from the grebe birds because our feet aro are differently ferent ly shaped it we did go to shoo makers which wo we dont of course so it Is hardly worth talking about we could never go to the same one unless lie was able to ninke very different styles of shoes I 1 of course everyone likes to know about the kinds of nests arid and hol homes gollits lits the different families of birds lin have vc wo we have a small hole lug dug in the sand just by the water just by the water arid and mrs airs red throated Throat cd loon lays two eggs in june which are olive colored rind and covered with black spots very tiny spots wo we spend our winters in the united states and then before the spring has como come were on our way far up north where there Is cold weather we like the arctic ocean and you know its cold up there when we licar hear of folks going gatig away for the summer and going to wt what they consider cool places we have to laugh haugli wo we hear them talking about it if in tho the winter time yes we have anve marty many cousins there Is the black throated loon a relative but ho he so BO seldom comes to the united states that I 1 dont suppose you would caro care especially to know about him ns as you arent apt to ever see him or meet him ile he has fine red eyes ns as we all have and tv he too runs rung over the water as lie ho Is getting ready to ly fly for lit he earn caro for the land any more inore than most of its do lie ile too carries his neck way out in front of him as though lie he wanted to make sure his tend head would reach tho the place lie started out for first I 1 we all have habits hut are much alike you yoa see and mrs airs black throated lo 10 loo jj lays laya two eggs also of olive color nut but let no one boast that they aiono change their costumes in the v winter inter and tho the summer for we do tho the same and there are arc quite a number of other creatures chodo who do too tho the whole trouble 18 s that often people dont know about us ro BO they dont know eliat we have different costumes just us as they do even it if we so sa manya |