Podiceps holbolli. 
1867. 
Sept.4, 
Shot an adult in breeding plumage. It was swimming 
close to the beach and vra,s very tame, several shots being 
fired at it before it was finally killed. (Plymouth,MassJ 
1874. 
Peb* 23. 
H.B.Bailey secured a specimen at Warfl^’s Island, Bos¬ 
ton Harbor, It had been k&lled there about a week prO“ 
viously, 
Peb, 24 
Goodale has one which v/as caught alive on Boston 
Harbor, 
1880. 
Mar. 29, 
A specimen shot it Pox Island on the coast of Maine; 
and sent me in the flesh by Mr.Hardy, had the iris plain 
yellow; the bill dark brovm with the basal half of the 
lov/er mandible and sides of amxilla at base, dull yellovr; 
inner side of tarsi and toes, blotched v/ith orange; 
the gizzard distended by the usual ball of feathers. 
Mr.Hardy calls m.y attention to the bare space on the innH" 
side of the carpal joint which he thinks is produced by 
the birds using the vring in vralking or rather flapping 
along the ground. 
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