2 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PYGOPODES. COLYMBI. 



COLYMBIDAE. 



Me. — Common migrant, mainly coastwise; rare winter, and in 

 northeastern part, rare summer resident. 



X. H. — Uncommon migrant and winter resident, mainly coast- 

 wise. Oct. -April. 



Vt. — Rare migrant. 



Mass. — Common migrant and winter resident, mainly coastwise. 

 Oct. 1-May 6 (June 1, Springfield). 



R. I. — Common winter resident coastwise. Oct. 23-April 24 

 (May). 



Coxx. — Common winter resident coastwise; accidental in 

 summer (Melrose, July 26, 1882). Sept.-May (July 26). 



3. Podilymbus podiceps (Linne) Lawrence. 



Pied-billed grebe; Dabchick; Devil diver; Diedapper; Dipper; 

 Frog-in-throat; Hell diver; Water witch. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. Xo. Amer., 1895, p. 57; Bird- 

 life, 1898, pi. 2. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 24, fig. 5. 



Colymbus podiceps Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 136. 

 "in America septextrioxali." 



Freshwater rivers, ponds, swamps; nests among reeds in swamps. 



Me. — Common migrant, mainly coastwise; less common 

 summer resident. April-May 19; summer; Sept. 1-Xov. 13 

 (late Nov.). Eggs, June 6. 



N. H. — Uncommon migrant and rare summer resident. Mar.- 

 Nov. 



Vt. — Rare summer resident. Spring-Oct. 19. 



Mass. — Rare spring, common fall migrant, and uncommon 

 local summer resident; accidental in winter. (Feb.) Mar. 1-Dec. 

 10. Eggs, April 23-June 28. 



R. I. — Uncommon migrant and summer resident. April-Oct. 

 22. Eggs, June 6. 



Coxx. — Common migrant, mainly in fall, and rare summer 

 resident. April-summer; Sept.-Nov. (Dec. 25, 1908, South 

 Norwalk). 



