ts ‘ «»> /brt* . 
2 Colymbus septentrionalis (Linne). Red-throated Diver.- 
After ineffectual efforts to trace supposed specimens of this species was 
agreeably surprised to find a fine immature example m the collection of 
Mr. Peter de Nottbeck, Esq., taken (near his residence) Novemherld, 
*/ « 18 76, on the Hudson River, at Low Point, sixty-one miles from New Yoi . 
_ Edgar A. Mearns, Highland Falls, N. Y. 
Bull. N.O.O. 3, July, 1878, p, /V& • 
Colymbus septentrionalis again on the Hudson. — In the Bul¬ 
letin for July, 1878, p. 146, is the mention of the capture of a specimen of 
Colymbus septentrionalis at Low Point, on the Hudson River. I have 
seen the bird in question, and will add the capture of a second specimen in 
a locality not far from the first, in the autumn of 1878 (about the begin¬ 
ning of cold weather, I could not learn the exact date). It is now in the 
possession of Mr. Wood, of Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. Both specimens 
look remarkably alike. —W. A. Stearns, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
Bull* N.O.O. 5,Oct,, 1880, p. A V 2 . 
Birds of the Adirondack Region. 
C. H, Merrianu. 
177. Colymbus septentrionalis, Linn. Red-throated Diver. 
Occurs during the migrations. Have seen it at'Big Moose Lake in Octo¬ 
ber. 
BuU.N.O.0, 0,Oot, 1881, P.235 
Bird Notes from Long Island, N,Y. 
William Dntoher. 
1 . Urinator lumme. Red-throated Loon. Mr. Giraud says: 
“Those procured in this vicinity are usually young birds—adults seldom 
occurring.”* 
Mr. Newbold T. Lawrence, when recording two adult specimens taken 
on Long Island, says, “In this plumage it is rare.”) 
Mr. J. C. Knoess, who for many years has practiced taxidermy atRiver- 
head, Long Island, informs me that he has two very fine specimens of 
this Loon in the adult plumage “with beautiful red throats.” Both were 
procured on the Island, “and are the only ones in mature plumage I ever 
saw on the Island.” The writer, while at Sag Harbor, in the spring of 
1886 , saw in the shop of Messrs. Lucas and Buck, taxidermists, a specimen 
which had been sent to them in the spring of 1885 . It was shot in Mecox 
Bay, Suffolk Co., and was the first one they had ever seen in the adult 
plumage. Mr. A. E. Sherrill, of East Hampton, Suffolk Co., shot a full 
plumaged male May 8 , 1887 . It is now in my collection. He informs 
me that this specimen was shot at Montauk Point, on the ocean, about a 
mile off shore. It was alone. He adds, “I never saw one of these Loons 
except in the spring, and few of them at that season of the year. I never 
killed one just like it before, but have several times heard of their being 
shot. They are known locally as Sheldrake Loon.” Mr. A. H. Helme, 
of Miller’s Place, Suffolk Co., writes to me as follows: “While crossing 
the Sound, May 11 , 1887 , from Bridgeport, Conn., to Port Jefferson, Long 
Island, when about one mile from the Connecticut shore, I saw about 
twenty-three Red-throated Divers. They were singly, or in pairs, or 
three together. Those which came near enough to enable me to distin¬ 
guish the markings were in immature plumage.” 
Auk, V, April, 1888. p.170 -/7 I ■ 
* The Birds of Long Island, 1844, p. 381. 
f Notes on several rare birds taken on Long Island, N. Y. Forest and Stream Vol 
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