88 



BIRDS OF THE HUDSON HIGHLANDS ; 



Family, COLYMBID^I. 



208. Colymbus torquatus, lirunnich. LOON; GKEAT NORTH- 

 ERN DIVKR. A common spring and fall migrant. A few possibly re- 

 main during summer, and breed. 



209. Colymbus septentrionalis, Linne. RKD-THROATED 

 DIVER. The first specimen of this species taken on the Hudson, was 

 procured by Peter de Nottbeck, Esq., on November 14, 1876, at Low 

 Point, sixty-one miles from New York City. 1 Mr. Winfrid A. Stearns 

 has since recorded another capture, in his " List of Birds in Vicinity 

 of Fishkill-on-Hudsou, N. Y.," page 15. 



B. LIST OF THE FAMILIES OF BIRDS KNOWN TO INHABIT THE 

 HUDSON HIGHLANDS, WITH THE NUMBEK OF THEIR REP- 

 RESENTATIVE SPECIES. 



SPECIES. 



. 2 



. 1 



. 1 



. 1 



. 2 

 .6 



. 6 



. 14 



. 2 



. 1 



. 1 



. 6 



. 2 



. 7 



. 5 

 .28 



. 7 



. 3 



. 2 



1 See Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. Ill, No. 3, p. 146, July, 1878. 



