BIRDS OF WEST VIRGINIA.- \ 
BY WM. D. DOAN, 
1. HOLBCELL’S GREBE. 
Colymbus holbecellii (Reinh.). 
Transient visitant; rare. A few are seen occasionally on the 
Ohio and Great Kanawha Rivers. I observed a single indi- 
vidual September 28, while going down the Ohio River. Dr. 
Mathers informed me that he shot a specimen on Buckhannon 
River in November, 1884. 
2. HORNED GREBE., 
Colymbus auritus Linn. 
Transient visitant; rare. More frequently met with along 
the larger streams than the preceding species. 
3. PIED-BILLED GREBE. 
Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.). 
Transient visitant; common; frequenting streams. Known 
under various local names, such as Dabchick, Hell-diver, 
Chicken-billed Duck, and Die Dipper. I found this Grebe 
August 28, on the head-waters of Buckhannon River, but did 
not meet with it again until September 13, while on my way 
down the Monongahela River. I am led to believe that it 
breeds on some of the mountain streams, A month later I met 
with it frequently along the Great Kanawha River. Of the 
three species of Grebes that visit West Virginia this is the most 
