BIRDS FOUND IN VERMONT. 



LIST OF BIRDS FOUND IN VERMONT. 



CLASS AVES. BIRDS. 



Order PYGOPODES. divers. 

 Family poDlclPlDiE. the grebes. 

 Genus colymbus. 



C. holhoelliiijiem.). Holboel's Grebe. Suinnier migrant. 



Very rare in this State. The only authentic specimen was 

 obtained at Middlebury by Prof. A. D. Mead. 



G. auritus (Linn.). Horned Grebe. 

 Middlebury, Mead, Alburgh, Conger. Snmmer migrant. Not 

 common. 



Genus podilymbus. 



P . podiceps (Jaww.). Piedbilled Grebe. 

 This species is more common than the preceding, though not 

 abundant. ISummer resident. 



Family URiNATORlDiE. 



Genus urinator. 



U.iml)er{G\\\\\\.). Common Loon. Great Northern Diver. 

 Found sparingly in the lakes and ponds of the State. Sum- 

 mer resident. 



U. lumme (Gunn.). Redtliroated Diver. 

 This species is much less common than the i)rcceding, but 

 specimens are sometimes shot in Lake Champlain. Migrant. 



Family alcid^e. the auks. 

 Genus uria. murres. guillemots. 



U. troile (Linn.). Murre. 

 Very rare. Summer migrant. 



U. lomvia (Linn.). Brunnicli's Murre. 



In 1899 this species was common both about Lake Champlain 



and inland. One sportsman disgracefully reported that he killed 



eighty in a single afternoon at Shoreham-in-the-Lake. The 



specimens taken were very lean, as if half starved. So far as is 



