THE BIRDS OF MAINE. 



Order PYGOPODES. Diving Birds. 



Suborder PODICIPEDES. Grebes. 

 Family PODICIPIDiE. Grebes. 

 Genus COLYMBUS. Linnaeus. 

 Subgenus COLYMBUS. 

 1. (2).* Colymbus holboellii (jRem/i.). Holboell's Grebe. 



Occurs along the coast as a winter resident in limited numbers, 

 September to late April. There are no records from the interior 

 counties of the state. It breeds north of our limits. 



County Records. — Cumberland, "i-ather uncommon winter resident" 

 (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 36) ; Knox, "migrant" (Norton) ; Sag- 

 adahoc, "not common, few in winter" (Spinney) ; Washington, "com- 

 mon" (Boardman) ; York, (Butters). 



Subgenus BYTES Kaup. 



2. (3). Colymbus auritus Linn. Horned Grebe. 



Common as a migrant along the coast and to a less extent in the 

 interior ; a few are also found in winter along the coast. It is a 

 rare summer resident in our northeastern counties. 



County Records.— Cumberland, "rare" (Mead) ; "rather common in 

 migrations, a few probably winter" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 

 36) ; Hancock, "common migrant" (Dorr) ; Knox, "migrant" (Norton) ; 

 Oxford, "very rare" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "one shot at East Orrington" 

 (Hardy) ; Piscataquis, "rare" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common December 

 to April" (Spinney) ; Washington, "common, a few breed" (Boardman) ; 

 York, (Butters). 



* The numbers at the left are the Maine numbers and those in parenthesis are 

 the A. O. U. numbers of the species. 



