Correction. — On page 137 of my late “Review of the Birds of Con¬ 
necticut,” mention is made of the capture of half a dozen specimens of 
Podiceps cristatus in Connecticut. My attention having been called, throug 
the kindness of Dr. Brewer, to the improbability of its occurrence at all 
within our limits, I immediately made inquiry ot my friend, John H. 
gao-e, Esq., of Portland, Conn., concerning the identity of the specimens 
in "question. He writes me that a thorough re-examination of the birds 
proves them all to be more or less immature examples of P. griseigena, 
var. holbolli. — C. Hart Merriam. 
Bull. N.O.O. 3, Jan. ,1878. p, V7' 
Holboell’s Grebe in Connecticut. — An unusual flight of Colymbus 
holbodli was noticed here during the month of February, 1912 . A speci¬ 
men was picked up alive in a mowing lot, perhaps two miles from the 
Connecticut river, on the 9 th, the ground at the time being covered with 
snow and the thermometer near the zero point. Ihe bird could not, 
apparently, arise from the ground. From the 12 th to the 15 th, inclusive, 
nine of these grebes were captured alive on the ice in the Connecticut river. 
Some of them in trying to escape simply moved along the ice in a rapid 
manner using their feet for power, but making no attempt to fly. Two 
of them, however, arose from the ice and flew at a height of from eight 
inches to two feet for a short distance and then dropped down. Between 
the dates referred to the river was entirely covered with ice, there being, 
so far as could be seen, no open water ^iere the birds could obtain food. ■ 
Jno. H. Sage, Portland, Conn. 
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