ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS OF LOUISIANA. 



WATER BIRDS. 



A SWIflMERS. 



Order PYGOPODES. 

 Family PODICIPID^E. 



1. Colymbus auritus Linn. Horned Grebe. 



A winter visitor on the coast; rarer on our inland waters. 



2. Podilymbus podiceps Dirm. Pied-billed Grebe; Hell-diver; Dab- 



chick. 



Resident and breeding in many sections, but more com- 

 mon on all waters during- winter. It arrives in Louisiana as 

 migrant at the end of October, and transients leave in March 

 and April. 



Family GAVIID^E. 



3. Gavia imber Linn. Loon. 



A winter resident; common on Gulf waters; rarer inland. 



Order LONGIPENNES. 

 Family LARID^E. 



4. Larus argentatus smithsonianus Cones. American Herring (lull. 



Very common during the fall and winter along the coast 

 and on all lakes of the southern portion of the state. 



5. Larus delawarensis Ord. Riny- billed Gull. 



Very common during the fall and winter, and frequent- 

 ing the same localities as the preceding. 



6. Larus atricilla Linn. Latif/lntif/ Gull. 



A common resident; breeding on the islands along the 

 coast. It is the only gull which may be met with on the in- 



