6 THE BIRDS OK SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY. 



2. Colymbus holboellii (Reinh.). HOLBOELL'S GREBE. 

 Chiefly an uncommon winter visitor, but Dr. J. A. .Allen 

 records its capture in Springfield, the third week in May, in 

 full breeding plumage. The specimen in the Science building, 

 Springfield, was taken alive in Otis a few winters ago and sent 

 to Forest Park, \vhere it soon died. Two have been taken at 

 Belchertown. (See Birds of Amherst, page 45.; 



3. Colymbus auritus I4nn. HORNED GREBE. Some 

 autumns the young of this species are quite common and I 

 have seen them in small flocks; the adults are rarely here. 

 Their food usually consists of frogs, small fish and aquatic 

 insects, but some years ago, while attracting wild ducks by 

 baiting with corn, I found that one of these grebes had devel- 

 oped a decided taste for this grain, and when taken its craw 

 was filled with it. A pair \vere killed here in full breeding 

 plumage about June i. (See Catalogue of the Birds Found 

 at Springfield.) 



6. Podilymbus podiceps (I/inn.). PIED-BILLED 

 GREBE. A rare summer resident and a common spring and 

 autumn visitor. 



7. Gavia imber (Gunn.). LOON. A not uncommon 

 spring and fall visitor; Dr. J. A. Allen reports it as breeding 

 here occasionally, but that w^as nearly forty years ago. I have 

 not known of its presence here in summer for a long time. 



ii. Gavia lumme (Gunn.). RED-THROATED LOON. 

 Rare spring and fall visitor. 



31. TJria lomvia (I/inn.). BRUNNICH'S MURRE. For 

 some unknown cause, during the last five or six years, repre- 

 sentatives of this species have paid us a number of visits; 

 previous to that time there appears to be no record of its 

 capture here, and now it is far from being common. I took 

 one November 30, 1899, and the same day one was shot in 

 Berkshire county. (See Birds of Berkshire County, page 53.) 



