Holmes, on Birds of Summit, N. J, 21 



BIRDS FOUND WITHIN A RADIUS OF TWELVE 

 MILES OF SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY. 



BY LARUE KLINGLE HOLMES. 



The subjoined list represents the partly completed work of 

 one of our most active members whose untimely end we all 

 deplore. While this list is admittedly unfinished, and would 

 undoubtedly have been far more fully annotated had Mr. 

 Holmes been able to do the necessary desk work or dictation, 

 it is now published as he left it by special request so that it 

 may form the basis for further work by the members of the 

 rapidly increasing membership of the LaRue Holmes Nature 

 League. 



Colymbus holboellii. — Holboell's Grebe 



Colymbtis auritus. — Horned Grebe. 



Podilymbus podiceps. — Pied-billed Grebe. 



Gavia imber. — Loon. 



Gavia liimme. — Red-throated Loon. 



Lams argentatus. — Herring Gull. 



Sterna hirundo. — Common Tern. 



Merganser amerlcanus. — American Merganser. 



Merganser serrator. — Red-breasted Merganser. 



Lophodytes cucullatus. — Hooded Merganser. 



Anas boschas. — Mallard. 



Anas obscura. — Black Duck. 



Chaiilelasmits strepera. — Gadwall. 



Mareca americana. — Baldpate. 



Nellion caroUnensis. — Green-winged Teal. 



Qucrquedula discors. — Blue-winged Teal. Rare. 



Spatula dypeata. — Shoveller. 



Aix sponsa. — Wood Duck. A rare summer resident, formerly more 

 common. 



Aythya americana. — Red-head. 



Aythya 'vaUisneria. — Canvas-back. 



CIcngula americana. — American Golden-eye. 



Branta canadensis. — Canada Goose. 



Botaurus lentiginosus. — American Bittern. Rare summer resident, 

 found in the large fresh water marshes. 



Ardetta exilis. — Least Bittern. Probably a rare summer resident. 



.^rdca herodias. — Great Blue Heron. 



Florida caerulea. — Little Blue Heron. 



Butorides -virescens. — Green Heron. A rather common summer resident. 



