ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS OF LOUISIANA. 



WATER BIRDS. 



A— SWIHMERS. 



Older PYGOPODES. 

 Family PODICIPID.E. 



1. Colymbus auritus Liim. Horned Grebe. 



A winter visitor on the coast; rarer on our inland waten^. 



2. Podilymbus podiceps Dinu. Pied-biUcd Qrehe; Hell-diver; Dah- 



ch iek . 



Resident and breeding in many sections, but more com- 

 mon on all waters during winter. It arrives in Louisiana as 

 migrant at the end of October, and transients leave in March 

 and April. 



Family GAVIID^E. 



3. Qavia imber Linn. Loon. 



A winter resident; common on Gulf waters; rarer inland. 



Order LONGIPENNES. 

 Family LARIDiE. 



4. Larus argentatus smithsonianus Cones. Amerieoii ffcrrin;/ (lull. 



Very common during the fall and winter along the coast 

 and on all lakes of the southern portion of the state. 



5. Larus delawarensis Ord. Eiug-biUed Gull. 



Very common during the fall and winter, and fre(pient- 

 ing the same localities as the preceding. 



6. Larus atricilla Linu. Laurjhind Gull. 



A common resident; breeding on the islands along the 

 coast. It is the only gull which may be met with on the in- 



