2 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



spoiled before they could be attended to. (G. R, 

 White.) This occurrence near Ottawa is recorded 

 in a list of " The Birds of Ottawa," published in 

 "The Ottawa Naturalist," vol. v., no. 2. 



Genus Colymbus. Linnaeus. 

 Subgenus " Colymbus." 



2. Holbcell's Grebe. C. holbcellii. (Reinh.) (Red- 



necked Grebe.) 



" Transient Visitant," scarce. An adult bird of 

 this species was caught alive in a fisherman's net in 

 the early part of May, 1890, in the St. Lawrence 

 river, below the Lachine rapids and near Isle St. 

 Paul or Nun's Island. It was received by the late 

 Mr. F. B. Caulfield, taxidermist, to be stuffed. 



Subgenus "Dytes," Kaup. 



3. Horned Grebe. C. auritus. Linn. (Hell-diver.) 

 u Transient Visitant," scarce in spring, common 



during autumn. I saw an adult specimen of this 

 grebe strung up in a butcher's shop in the city, 

 April 22, 1886. A few probably breed in the dis- 

 trict of Montreal. I shot an immature specimen, 

 October 29, 1893, on the Lake of Two Mountains. 

 I was out shooting ducks over decoys at the time, 

 and I was attracted to the grebe, which was out of 

 gunshot on the water, by its peculiar cry, some- 



