Birds of Magdalen islands. 
Dr. L.B.Bishop. 
i. Colymbus auritus. Horned Grebe. —One seen in a small pond 
at East Point on June 29 , and the fragments of an egg of some species of 
Grebe were found on the beach near by. The people livingon the islands 
call this bird the Water-witch. It undoubtedly breeds, but is not at all 
common. 
Auk, VI. April, 1889. p. /yc 
CtuA, XX///, M/. 
2 Colymbus auritus. Horned Grebe. Common resident in spring 
and fall March 14 to April 23 (probably to May); and from middle of 
September to end of November (October 27, 1896). Spring birds are 
in full plumage, or nearly so, when they arrive. 
