DCHP-3

redthroated diver

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a small loon, Gavia stellata, found throughout the north of Canada.

Quotations

1795
Redthroated Divers . . . are also called Loons in Hudson's Bay; but they are so far inferior to the two former, that they seldom weigh more than three or four pounds.
1896
Red-throated loons and cacawees were the most abundant of the water birds.
1956
Two red-throated loons had created a large sloppy nest on its edge some weeks earlier.