FRANCIS KERMODE,
Curator Provincial Museum.
Victoria, B. C., August, 1904.
Order PYGOPODES. Diving birds.
Family PODICIPEDIDÆ. Grebes.
ÆCHMOPHORUS Coues.
1. Western Grebe.
Æchmophorus occidentalis (Lawr.).
A common winter resident along the coast of Vancouver Island and
Mainland. Mr. Brooks says a few remain all winter at Okanagan Lake.
COLYMBUS Linnæus.
2. American Red-necked Grebe. "Holboell's Grebe."