BIRDS OBSERVED IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY 



2. Homed Grebe. Colymbus auritus. Fairly common migrant, 



occurring more especially in the larger lakes. In May, 

 1906, I captured one in a brook, whence it was unable to 

 fly out. Mr. Stevens finds them common in Twin Lakes 

 in the fall, -sometimes abundant. 



3. Pied-billed Grebe. Podilymbus podiceps. Common migrant, 



especially in autumn, in all ponds and rivers. 



4. Loon. Gavia imber. A regular migrant, occasionally seen 



on the larger lakes. Mr. Williams finds them regularly in 

 spring and fall in Winchester, and many years ago found a 

 pair breeding there. Messrs. Woodruff and Stevens report 

 them, and Mr. Austin has seen one in Hatch Pond, Kent. 



5. Brimnich's Murre. Uria lomvia. A rare straggler from the 



ocean in winter, blown in to the ponds or rivers during 

 severe weather. In two cases in which I examined the 

 specimen, both were of this species. Of these, one was 

 taken at Still River, the middle of December, 1901, the 

 other by Mr. C. S. Phelps, at Twin Lakes, in late Decem- 

 ber, 1907. Mr. Stevens has shot several in Twin Lakes, 

 and has found one dead. 



6. Bonaparte's Gull. Larus philadelphia. A rare migrant. 



One was shot by a gunner at Bantam Lake, July 1, 1892, 

 and reported by Mr. Woodruff, who also saw four small 

 gulls at this lake on Sept. 24, 1895, which he attributes 

 to this species. The Litchiield Scientific Society has a 

 specimen shot in Litclifield in April, 1905. 



7. American Herring Gull. Larus argentatus. An occasional 



migrant. Mr. Stevens saw two in Twin Lakes late in 

 November, 1906, and has observed them there a few other 

 times. On Feb. 5, 1900, I saw a flock of about a dozen, 

 evidently of this species, high up over Kent, flying south- 

 ward. Mr. Austin has several times seen them flying over. 



8. Common Tern. Sterna hirundo. Terns undoubtedly of this 



species are occasionally reported from various ponds or 

 lakes in late summer or early fall. Mr. Stevens has seen 

 them several times on Twin Lakes. 



9. Sooty Tern. Sterna fuliginosa. Entirely accidental. One was 



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