No. 20.] THE BIRDS OF CONNECTICUT. 17 



Conn., July 21, 1909, one of which was feeding four young. 

 These young did not appear to be over five or six inches long, and 

 must have been hatched at the pond. Merriam 1 and Samuels 2 

 both note that this species breeds within the state, though neither 

 mentions any specific records. 



Suborder CEPPHI. Loons and Auks. 

 Family GAVIIDyE. Loons. 



Gavia immer (Briinnich). Loon. Great Northern Diver. 



A common winter resident of Long Island Sound from Novem- 

 ber to May, the majority going farther south in the winter. Occa- 

 sional on the inland waterways. Very rare in the summer. 



Earliest record. New Haven, Nov. 10, 1883; Portland, Sept. 

 26, 1892. 



Latest record. New Haven, May 24, 1900, and 1907 

 (C. H. P.) ; Portland, July 6, 1893. 



Inland records. Portland, Dec. 1, 1874, Dec. 2, 1877, Nov. 7, 

 1890, Sept. 26, 1892, July 6, 1893; Litchfield, Nov. 6, 1905, and 

 Sept. 28, 1906 (E. S. W.) ; Lake Waramaug, Litchfield County 

 (no date given) ; 3 East Hampton. 4 



Breeding records. Merriam notes 4 that according to Mr. W. 

 G. Buell this species " has been known to breed on a pond at East 

 Hampton." Mr. W. R. Nichols informs us that a pair bred at 

 Lake Saltonstall in 1890, since he saw the old birds with two young 

 there the last of June or early in July of that year, and that the 

 last previous record of their breeding on this lake was in 1878. 



Summer records. July 24, 1882, Goose Island, Long Island 

 Sound, one pair (L. B. B.) ; July 6, 1893, Portland, one young 

 female (J. H. S.). 



Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan). Red-throated Loon. 



A rather common winter resident along the coast from Novem- 

 ber to March. Very rare inland. 



Earliest record. New Haven, Oct. 20, 1883; Portland, Oct. 

 10, 1892; Branford, Oct. 7, 1908, an adult in summer plumage 

 (L. C. S.). 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 137. 



3 Samuels, Birds of New England, p. 563. 



3 O. and O., ix, 6, p. 76. 



4 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 136. 



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