20 Birds of MAssAtiiusETTs 



fall." Dedham: "Sometlmen common in fall." Essex County: " Spring 

 and autumn. Rare." Nantucket; " Sciiicu," Springfield; "Common 



autumn visitor." Rare in spring. Welleeley : " Migrant not iiiiconi- 



mon in fall." 



17. Colymbus auritus Linn. IIoknicd Crehic. 



A regular and not uncommon winter resident, frc<|ucnting 

 rocky sliores ; occurring as a migrant on hikes and streams. " A 

 few remain in summer" according to l)r. J. A. Allen. Mr. A. I'. 

 Morse says that a pair were observed repeatedly at South Nalick 

 in May, 1893 and 1894, and Dr. J. A. Allen also records a pair in 

 breeding plumage seen the first of June at Springfield. 



October i to June. 



Bristol County: " Common wIhIlt visllaiil Id rivern iind vannt." Cam- 

 bridge; " CiiKual." Cohasset : " Rather common lull iriiKninl niul winter 

 rusklenl." Essex County: "Winter. Kmh'." Nantucket: " C^ojniiioii.'' 

 Springfield: " Some- iuitumnd " young " quite coiniiinii.'' " AdultH rure." 

 Templeton: " Common during fall inignitionH." Wellesley : "MIgniiit, 

 caeu.il." 



18. Colymbus holbcellii (Keinli.). lloiji(">i.t,'s CJkkiii;, 



A regular, and not uncommon winter visitor along the coiisl. 

 Rare or casual inland. According to i)r. J, A. Allen it has been 

 taken late in May, in full breeding plumage, but most of the birds 

 seen from Massachusetts southward are young. 



(Early September.) October 13 1,0 lule May, 

 Amherst; "Two taken iit, Uclchirtowii ponds." Berkshire; "A<xl- 

 dental vlHit;int." Bristol County : "Probably an uncommon Irregular 

 winter viHitor," Cambridge: Canual. Cohasset: "Kim-. In fall, 

 occasional in winter." Essex County : " Winter, coinnjon." Nantucket; 

 "Rare." Springfield: " Chiefly an uncommon winter vNIt or." Temple- 

 ton; "Rare transient visitor during the migrations." Wellesley ; 

 "Rather rare migrant." 



19. Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.), I'ikd-hii.i.icd (;iiici;ii;. 

 A summer resident, breeding loe;Uly throughout the .State, at 



some places " in considerable numbers " (lierkshire). (Common 

 in autumn as a migrant, but less so in the spring. 



(Early l''ebruary.) March 1 to November. 



Amherst: " Not uncommon In Adams and Iladley Ponds, and the 

 Conn. River." Berkshire; " Summer resident of very local dislrlliulion." 

 Bristol County: " Rather uncommon transient visitor to the [londs.'' 



