Columbus auritus. Maine (S. Kennebec) Podiceps collaris 1888 Oct 11 Three off Great Island. They flew when the steamer was nearly 1/2 mile away but after going about 200 yds. only alighted. I paddled to them. Olds dived as I approached & one did not reappear. The other two came up near together & drowned. When I was about 30 yds. off they ran (very like Scamp Ducks) & flew off out of sight skimming low over the water Podiceps collaris Oct Kennebec, Maine On the 22 saw about thirty of these Oct. 22, 23, 1883. birds. Returning on the same course on the 23 saw only five or six. They float very high & when the water is calm look, at a distance, almost snow-white. They keep exclusively in the bays & coves & are driven among the weeds & rushes of the shallow bays & rivers. Oct. 25. Saw one swimming with a flock of Fulmars Oct. 26. Saw one near the mouth of the