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Order PYGOPODES. 

 Family PODICIPIDJE. 



Genus COLYMBUS Linnaeus. 



1. Colymbus holboelli (Eeinh.). Holb<ell's Grebe. 



A bird which I found lying on a stump in Reelfoot Lake almost 

 certainly belonged to this species. It had evidently been laid there 

 by a gunner the previous winter and was in a badly decomposed 

 state, but the long, slender bill and large size were characteristic 

 enough for identification. 



Genus PODILYMBUS Lesson. 



2. Podilymbus podiceps (L.). Pied-billed Grebe. 



Observed at Saruburg. It is not unlikely that they breed in that 

 region. 



Family URINATOEIDiE. 



Genus URINATOR Cnvier. 



3. Urinator imber (Gunn. ). Loon. 



Mounted specimens were seen on several occasions, some of which 

 were undoubtedly taken in the State, though I did not take pains 

 to verify the occurrence. Owing to the absence of lakes or ponds 

 in the loftier eastern mountains it is not probable that the Loon 

 breeds anywhere in Tennessee. Lauderdale and Haywood Coun- 

 ties, in winter, B. C. Miles. 



4. Urinator lumme (Gunn.). Ked-throated Loon. 



I am under the impression that a pair of this species, in the pos- 

 session of Mr. Schmidt of Memphis, were taken in the State, but as 

 a number of birds in his collection were brought from a locality in 

 Arkansas on the opposite side of the Mississippi, the record is 

 doubtful. 



Order LONGIPENNES. 



Family LARIDjE. 



Genus LARUS Linnseus. 



5. Larus argentatus smithsonianus Cones. Herring Gull. 



Mounted specimens in Memphis. Reports of a large gull at 

 Reelfoot Lake during spring migration must refer to this bird. 



It winters along the Mississippi below St. Louis. Mr. Miles 

 refers to a gull which he has seen on the Mississippi, "size of a 



