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336 Woodcraft Manual for Boys or Carrion Crow — which is somewhat smaller and wears its coat collar up to its ears instead of low on the neck; also its com- plexion is dusky, not red. Loon (Gavia immer). The common Loon is known by its size — thirty-two inches long and about four feet across the wings — and its brilliant black-and-white pliunage. It is noted for its skill as a fisher and diver. Its weird rollii^ call is heard on every big lake in the country. CoffiffHTfj Seagull (Lotus argentatus). The common Seagull is twenty-four indies long and four feet across. The plumage is Common Seagull white with blue-gray back, when adult; but splashed brown when young, and with black tips to the wings. Its beak is yellow with red spot on the lower mandible. ' It is found throughout North America. Pelican (Fetecitnus erythrorkynchos). The white Pelicar is known at once by its great size — about five feet long ant^ feet across the wings — by its long beak, its pouch, and il.. . ,. fully webbed. Its plumage is white, but the wing tips are black. It is found in the interior oi America up to Great Slave Lake.