1886.] PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 633 



about a mile from shore ; it was alive and pecked viciously at my hand, 

 making a peculiar hissing sound at the same time; nesting place and 

 habits not known. 

 [This species has not been noted before from the Lesser Antilles. — G. 



K L.] 



Family PODICIPITID^. 



91. Podilymbus pcdiceps (Linn.). Diver, 



$ Length, 14 inches 5 expanse, 23f inches ; wing, 5 inches. 

 Numerous at Lake Antoine and the mangrove swamps on the east 

 coast, also at the fresh-water pond at Isle de Ehonde. 



92. Podiceps holboellii ? Red-back Diver. 



Abundant at Isle de Ehonde pond. A few only observed at Lake 

 A^jtoiue. 



[Mr. Wells has this bird in his list as Podiceps holbollil, and calls it 

 "The Eed-back Diver." 



No specimens have been sent, and I doubt that it is the species he 

 supposes it to be, viz, the Amer Eed-necked Grebe, of which he gives 

 the scientific name, although he calls it the "Eed-back Diver;" possibly 

 a slip of the pen. 



The Amer Eed-necked Grebe is strictly a northern species. Its ap- 

 pearance in winter along the New England coast, and as far South as 

 New Jersey, is irregular, and it is viewed in the light of a straggler. 



It has never been noted from any of the most northerly of the West 

 India Islands, and now that it is given as abundant in the most south- 

 erly island of the Lesser Antilles, seems to preclude the possibility of 

 its beiiig this species. 



I hope before long to get specimens for its identification. — G. N. L.] 



