THE BIRDS OF WAYNE COUNTY. 



ORDER PYGOPODES. DIVING BIRDS. 



SUBORDER PODICIPEDES. GREBES. 



FAMILY PODICIPID/E. GREBES. 



GENUS COLYMBUS. LINN/KUS. 



SUBGENUS DYTES. KAUP. 



1. Colymbus auritus (LINN.). 



Horned Grebe. 



A more or less regular transient on the streams and ponds of the County. It 

 is tolerably common in the fall, but it is not so frequently observed in the spring. 



GENUS PODILYMBUS LESSON. 



2. Podilymbus podiceps (LINN.). 



Pied-billed Grebe ; Dabchiek; Hell Diver. 



A common transient both in fall and spring, apparently occurring most numer- 

 ously in April, September and October. A specimen in the writer's collection wa^ 

 taken on the Wooster Reservoir, September 30, 1892. Possibly a rare summer resi- 

 dent of the most secluded swamps and marshes, but there is no record of its breeding; 

 within the limits of the County. 



SUBORDER CEPHI. LOONS AND AUKS. 



FAMILY URINATORID/E. LOONS. 



GENUS URINATOR. CUVIER. 



3. Urinator imber (GUNN.). 



Loon ; Great Northern Diver. 



Transient visitor; rare. Apparently most liable to be encountered after a severe 

 spring storm, when occasionally one or two alight on Killbuck Creek. It is found 

 sometimes also on the lakes and ponds, and even along the smaller streams. Seldom 

 if ever have more than two been seen at one time. An adult in the collection of Mr. 

 C. E. Bixler was taken in the central park of the County, May 2, 1888. 

 2 B. W. C. 



