12 Norman A. Wood 



p. 28; quotes Goss, 1883, who found the eared grebe breeding in communities. The 

 first colony found was in a small lake in northern Dakota. There were twenty-five 

 nests on an area of 10 by 20 feet, and the nests were small. 



Three males in the Museum of Zoology Collection were taken at Sweet- 

 water Lake, August 17, 1900, by Charles L. Cass. A female was taken at 

 Stump Lake, June, 1897, by Alfred Eastgate. A set of eight eggs was 

 collected June 11, 1900, at Sweetwater Lake, by Cass, and a set of six was 

 taken at Devils Lake, North Dakota, May 28, 1898, by E. S. Bryant. 



The species was common at Devils Lake from July 18 to August 19, 

 1920, and from June 8 to July 20, 1921. 



5. Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus). Pied-billed Grebe. 



CouES, 1878, p. 658; not as common as the last two species. Judd, 1917, p. 5; 

 common, breeding in the deeper waters ; earliest record April 27, and eggs were 

 found hatching the first week in June. Bent, 1919, p. 40; in the North Dakota 

 sloughs, in 1901, this species was nesting abundantly, in company with canvas-backs, 

 redheads, ruddy ducks, and coots. 



It was common on Devils Lake in 1920 and 1921. 



6. Gavia immer (Brunnich). Loon. 



Judd. 1917, p. 5; common summer resirlent of the Turtle Alountains ; hreedino; 

 in the larger lakes. Bishop^ 1921, p. 367; describes this as a new subspecies called 

 lesser black-hilled Inon. Type, adnlt female. No. 13235. Carpenter Lake, Rolette 

 County, North Dakota, July 13, 1905. L. L. B., collector. 



The skin of a male in the Museum of Zoology Collection was taken at 

 Stump Lake, Nelson County, July 19, 1905, by H. A, Shaw. Another 

 immature bird was taken at Lake Upsilon in October, 1919, by Mr. D. R. 

 Ducke. The writer saw individuals at Lake Upsilon from July 30 to August 



7. 1920, and again on June 4, 1921. 



7. Lams argentatiis Pontoppidan. Herring Gull. 



Schmidt. 1904; all sections of the state as a migrant. Schmidt. 1920, p. 284: misrant 

 and summer resident. Judd, 1917, p. 5; a straggler during early spring migrations. 

 Freeman, 191 9, p. 10; observed in flight April 6 and 8; a transient visitant. 



Mr. Alfred Eastgate tells me it is common in migration and breeds at 

 Chase Lake Reserve, Stutsman County. 



8. Lams calif ornicus Lawrence. California Gull. 



Schmidt. 1904; nesting in central and eastern North Dakota. Judd, 1917, p. 5; 

 occasionally seen in summer; one shot in June, 1895, while flying over Rock Lake, 

 Towner County, the first positive record for this region. Ridgway, 1919, p. 62^; 

 breeding at Stump and Devils lakes, North Dakota. BenT, 1921, p. 131 ; one at Devils 

 Lake, North Dakota, April 24. 



On July 25, 1920, a few individuals were seen on the Stump Lake Bird 

 Reserve. A large gull was seen on Devils Lake in May, 1921, which may 

 have been the herring gull or this species. 



