Podilymbus podiceps. 1874. Maine (Lake Umbagog). Sept. 3. A young bird still wearing the white plumage on the head and neck was shot and brought to me. " 14. One which I chased for sometime in the River, at length took wing, rising without the slightest difficulty and clearing the surface in the distance of a few yards, although there was not so much as a breath of wind. It flew about six hundred yards and alighted again. 1880. Sept. 17. One at the foot of B.Meadow in the brook, at this season only two or three wide and a few inches deep. Although we nearly caught it it would not take wing. 1881. July 22. The head of an adult Pied-billed Grebe, with one of its eggs, was sent me by Steve Horse, who shot the bird on the nest and broke all the eggs but one. The nest was in the Cranberry Bog near Richardson Lake. 1882. Oct. 9-22 Common during the early part of my stay. Usually found in shallow water near reeds and lily-pads close in shore.