108 



Family, COLYMBIDJE. 



208. Colymbus torquatus, Brunnich. LOON; GREAT NORTH- 

 ERN DIVER. A common spring and fall migrant. A few possibly re- 

 main during summer, and breed. 



209. Colymbus septentrionalis, Linne. RED-THROATED 

 DIVER. The first specimen of this species taken on the Hudson, was 

 procured by Peter de Nottbeck, Esq., on November 14, 1876, at Low 

 Point, sixty-one miles from New York City. 1 Mr. Win f rid A. Stearns 

 has since recorded another capture, in his "List of Birds in Vicinity 

 of Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y.," page 15. 



B. LIST OF THE FAMILIES OF BIRDS KNOWN TO INHABIT THE 

 HUDSON HIGHLANDS, WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR REP- 

 RESENTATIVE SPECIES. 



SPECIES. 



. 2 



. 1 



. 1 



1 



6 



14 

 2 



1 

 1 

 6 

 2 



7 

 5 



28 

 7 

 3 

 2 



^ee Bull. Kutt. Orn. Club, Vol. Ill, No. 3, p. 146, July, 1878. 



