LIST OF BIRDS OF WELLESLEY 

 AND VICINITY. 



The abbreviations used are: Am. Nat. = American Naturalist; BL = New 

 England Bird Life, by Steams and Coues; B.N.O.C. = Bulletin of the Nuttall 

 Ornithological Club; M = Minot's Birds of New England, edited by \Vm. 

 Brewster; Nat. Guide = The Naturalist's Guide, by C. J. Maynard; edition of 

 1870; O. & O. = Ornithologist and Oologist; W = Willcox's Common Land- 

 Birds of New England. 



2. Holboeirs Grebe, Red-necked Grebe — Colymlms 



holbcsllii {KQ\nh.). Rather rare migrant; Mar., Oct. -Dec, 

 on lakes and rivers. Framingham, Mar. 19, 1893, in col- 

 lection of H. D. Eastman; Sherborn, on Charles R. just 

 below Broad Meadows, Mar., 1892 or 1893, two specimens 

 by Matthew Brown, one still in his possession, the other in 

 collection of Thomas Smith of Wellesley. BL ii 391. 



3. Horned Grebe — Colymbus auritus Linn. Mi- 

 grant, casual, Mar.-May, Oct.-Dec. On lakes and streams. 

 L. Cochituate, Natick, one adult in fall, — Roberts. A 

 pair were observed repeatedly, a part of the time with an 

 opera-glass, on the mill brook. So. Natick, in May, 1893 

 and 1894, remaining about two weeks each time, — M. 

 Brown. BL ii 392. 



6. Pied-billed Grebe, << Dipper'* — Podilymbiis podi- 

 ceps (Linn.). Common migrant, especially in fall; Apr., 

 Aug.-Nov. Probably breeds. Lakes and rivers. Nest of 



