LIST OF BIRDS FOUND IN VERMONT. 



CLASS AVES. BIRDS. 



ORDER PYGOPODES. DIVERS. 

 FAMILY PODICIPID^. THE GREBES. 

 GENUS COLYMBUS. 



C. holboellii(RQin.). Holboel's Grebe. Summer migrant. 



Yery rare in this State. The only authentic specimen was 

 obtained at Middlebury by Prof. A. D. Mead. 



0. auritus (Linn.). Horned Grebe. 



Middlebury, Mead, Alburgh, Conger. Summer migrant. Not 

 common. 



GENUS PODILYMBUS. 



P. podiceps (Linn.). Pied-billed Grebe. 



This species is more common than the preceding, though not 

 abundant. Summer resident. 



FAMILY URINATORID^E. 

 GENUS URINATOR. 



U. imber (Gunn.). Common Loon. Great Northern Diver. 



Found sparingly in the lakes and ponds of the State. Sum- 

 mer resident. 



U. lumme (Gunn.). Red-throated Diver. 



This species is much less common than the preceding, but 

 specimens are sometimes shot in Lake Champlain. Migrant. 



FAMILY ALCID/E. THE AUKS. 

 GENUS URIA. MDRRES. GUILLEMOTS. 



U. troile (Linn.). Murre. 

 Yery rare. Summer migrant. 



U. lomvia (Linn.). Brunnich's Murre. 



In 1899 this species was common both about Lake Champlain 

 and inland. One sportsman disgracefully reported that he killed 

 eighty in a single afternoon at Shoreham-in-the-Lake. The 

 specimens taken were very lean, as if half starved. So far as is 



