2 CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 



Colymbus nigricollis californicus. 



AMERICAN EARED GREBE. 



This species is common from Manitoba to the Pacific coast, 

 breeding near all the deep pools of the plains, as well as on 

 the margins of the larger lakes in the mountain districts. Dr. 

 GARNIER reports having taken one at Lucknow, Ontario. 



Podilymbus podiceps. 



PIED-BILLED GREBE. 



This is the "Dab-chick" of the older authors. It is found 

 throughout Canada, north to York Factory and Great Slave 

 Lake, breeding in all suitable localities. 



Urinator imber. 



LOON. 



An abundant bird all over the Dominion, breeding from the 

 southern boundary northward. It winters as far south as the 

 Gulf of Mexico. 



Urinator adamsii. 



YELLOW-BILLED LOON. 



A northern bird, that has not been taken south of the 6oth 

 parallel, nor east of Hudson's Bay. 



Urinator arcticus. 



BLACK-THROATED LOON. 



This bird is reported as being "not uncommon" along the 

 coast of British Columbia (Fanning but to the eastward of that 

 Province it is of rare or casual occurrence. A few specimens 

 have been observed in Lake Superior, Lake Erie, and Lake 

 Misstassini, as well as in the Bay of Fundy; it is also sometimes 

 seen in the Hudson's Bay region, but TURNER did not meet 



