Svrds. 25 



For assistance, my obligation is, always first, to the late 

 Dr. William L. Ralph. In the introduction to the first list 

 we acknowledged the assistance of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 

 Messrs. A. L. Brainard, and A. A. Howlett, which acknowledg- 

 ment I now repeat, and I wish to add my thanks to Messrs. 

 William P. Shepard, Robert J. Hughes, George C. Embody, 

 William R.. Maxon, A. A. JBeardsley, the Rev. Francis C. 

 Smith, to my own two sons and to those other observers who 

 have rendered valuable assistance and who are credited in the 

 proper place in the body of the list. 



In conclusion I beg to say that the list is absolutely accurate. 

 Every item of which I have not personal knowledge is so given 

 with the authority. No bird is given as "breeding" without 

 positive proof, though it is fair to assume that all "summer 

 residents" and all "residents" do so. 



With this introduction I submit this, my second contribu- 

 tion to the history of Oneida County. 



EGBERT BAGG. 



Utica, N. Y., 1911. 



LIST. 



I. Colymbus holboelli. 



HOLBCEIXi'S GREBE. 



A rare migrant. A female taken out of a flock of five or six 

 on the Mohawk River in 1867. In February, 1902, and again 

 in February, 1904, when all water was frozen, large numbers 

 of these birds appeared in this county, undoubtedly driven 

 from open water by storms. They were perfectly helpless, 

 easily taken with the hands and captured m large numbers. 

 They were reported from Rome, Oriskany, Utica, Clinton, and 

 New Hartford. All efforts to keep them alive failed. Dissec- 

 tion of one showed the gizzard to be filled with feathery of the 

 bird. 



