Holboell’s Grebe in Lancaster, Mass. — A live Holbcell’s Grebe ( Colym- 
bus kolbcellii), a young male, was found in Lancaster, Mass., February 15, 
1904, by one of the local sportsmen and given to me. It did not seem 
injured in the least, and lived in confinement for nine days. It was found 
in a marshy meadow near the main street, near several houses. — John E. 
Thayer, Lancaster, Mass. , 19 , . 3 ^S. 
Holboell’s Grebe in Concord, Mass —On December 15 , 1912 , Bate¬ 
man’s Pond froze over with black ice, but a thaw and rain resulted on the 
17 th in covering the ice with nearly an inch of water. During the moon¬ 
light night that followed a Holbcell’s Grebe (Colymbus holboelli) attempted 
to light in the pond and I believe settling on the ice and was unable again 
to take wing. On the following morning, it having turned cold during the 
night, the bird was found with its breast feathers frozen in the ice. The 
wrists of its wings were badly lacerated by beating against the ice to free 
itself, but in other respects the bird was uninjured. After much piteous 
squawking, its feathers were cut from the ice and the bird liberated. Its 
wings, however, were injured so badly that it was killed and is now pre¬ 
served in this Museum.— R. Heber Howe, Jr., Thoreau Museum, Concord, 
Mass. Auk 30 , April, 1913 . p, U 7. 
