14 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



Genus PODILYMBUS Lesson. 



3. (6). Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.). Pied -billed Grebe. 



Commonest in migrations, but also quite a common summer resi- 

 dent on various bodies of fresh water throughout the state. In 

 migrations it is commoner along the coast than in the interior. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "common summer resident" (John- 

 son) ; Aroostook, "rare, breeds" (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 

 7, p. 152) ; Cumberland, "common" (Mead) ; Franklin, "I am informed 

 by Mr. Elmer Cobb that he has taken eggs at Rangeley Lake" (Knight) ; 

 Hancock, "common" (Dorr) ; Kennebec, "rare summer resident" (Rob- 

 bins) ; Knox, (Rackliff) ; Peuobscot, "summer resident" (Knight) ; Sag- 

 adahoc, "not common, seen only in fall" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "common 

 summer resident" (Morrell) ; Washington, "common, few breed" 

 (Boardman). 



Suborder CEPPHI. Loons and Auks. 

 Family URINATORID^E. Loons. 

 Genus URINATOR Cuvier. 



4. (7). Urinator imber (Gunn.). Loon. 



A resident along the coast, a common summer resident and 

 breeder on the ponds and lakes of the interior. It does not breed 

 on the seacoast, although birds may be seen there all summer. 

 These are probably immature or sterile individuals. 



County Records. Androscog^in, "common summer resident" (John- 

 son) ; Cumberland, "summer resident" (Mead) ; Franklin, "common 

 summer resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, "common resident" (Dorr) ; Ken- 

 nebec, "rare summer resident" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox "resident" 

 (Rackliff) ; Oxford, "breeds commonly" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "summer 

 resident, not so common as formerly" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "common, 

 breeds" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common resident" (Spinney) ; Somerset, 

 "not very common summer resident" (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; Wash- 

 ington, "common, breeds" (Boardmau) ; York, "common summer resi- 

 dent" (Adams). 



5. (11). Urinator luinme (Gnnn.). Red-throated Loon. 



Quite a common fall and spring migrant along the coast and on 

 the ponds and lakes. It is also a winter resident coastwise. It 

 breeds in high latitudes. 



