BIRDS OF KEEWATIN. 



Colymbus holboelli (Reinh.). Holboell Grebe. 



The Holboell Grebe was first described by Reinhardt from Green • 

 land. Joseph Sabine mentions having received specimens from Hudson 

 Bay.'* MacFarlane took its eggs in the vicinity of Fort Anderson;* 

 and as the species is recorded from other northern points and breeds 

 in Manitoba it probably occurs throughout the Hudson Bay region. 



Colymbus auritus Linn. Horned (jrebe. 



Several grebes thought to belong to this species were seen near the 

 the mouth of Red River June 15, and a specimen was collected at Sea 

 Falls, 20 miles north of Norway House, September 16. 



Andrew Murray recorded the species from Trout Lake,' and Dr. 

 Bell has collected it at Fort Severn and York Factory, and found it 

 breeding at Fort Churchill,'^ from which point Clarke records a speci- 

 men in summer plumage.'^ A specimen collected by Dr. Rae at Repulse 

 Bay is recorded in the British Museum Catalogue. 



Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.). Pied-billed Grebe. 



Bell records a specimen from York Factory collected and presented 

 to him by Dr. Matthews.'' This seems to be the only published record 

 of the capture of the pied-billed grebe in the Hudson Bay region. 

 Nutting records specimens taken at Chemawawin, Saskatchewan, an 

 Indian village about 60 miles west of the mouth of the Saskatchewan, 

 where the species was breeding abundantly.^ 



Gravia imber (Gunn.). Loon. 



We found this species rather common on the lakes and deeper parts 

 of the rivers on our route between Norway House and York Factory, 

 and its wild notes were heard nearly every night. Several were seen 

 near the mouth of Churchill River July 30, and several more near 

 North River July 31. On our return trip we saw one or more on 

 nearly every lake between Oxford House and Norway House. 



"Franklin's Narrative of a Journey to the Polar Sea, Appendix, p. 692 {Podiceps 

 rubricollis) , 1823. 



''Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, p. 415, 1891. 



cEdin. New Phil. Journ., (new ser.), IX, p. 231, 1859. 



dPvoe. Royal Soc. Canada, 1882, I, Sec. IV, p. 49 (1883). 



<: Auk, VII, p. 320, 1890. 



/Rept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., r882-3^, App. Ill, p. 56DD (1885). 



S'Nat. Hist. Bull. Univ. Iowa, II, p. 249, 1893. 



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