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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



HolbffiU's Qrebe 



Length, 24-29; wing, 8 (7^8^); tarsus, 3; cnlmen, 2^-3^. Western 

 North America east to Manitoba, and south to central Mexico. 



2. Holboell's Grebe (2. Colymhua IwJbndUi). — .W((/Mn winter, 

 a common. Ulacki.sh-brown-backed, whitish-bellied grebe, with 



^- _^ some pale brownish- 



j \ red on the sides of 



, i the neck. Yoinxfj, a 



blackish-backed, sil- 

 very - bellied grebe, 

 with the neck and 

 sides grayish. AdvU 

 in Slimmer, a black- 

 ish-backed, chocolate- 

 brown-sided, white- 

 bellied grebe, w-ith 

 tlie crown, small 

 crest, and back of the 

 neck black. There is 

 a silvery-ash patch on the throat, changing to deep, brownish- 

 red on the front and sides of neck to the breast. On the water 

 this is a very graceful bird, swimming and diving with the 

 greatest ease. When fly- 

 ing, and it flies rapidly, the 

 neck and feet are stretched 

 to their full length. (Red- 

 necked Grebe.) 



Length, 19 ; wing, 7f (7^- 

 8 J) ; tarsus, 2f ; cuhncn, If- 

 2|. North America ; breeding 

 from about the northern border of the states northward, and wintering 

 south to about the Gulf, at least casually. 



3. Horned Grebe (3. Cohjmhus aur)tus). — Adult in summer, 

 — a very nuich crested and ruffed grebe, with the top of head, 

 hind neck, and throat black; stripe and plumes behind the eye 

 chestnut, blackening on the sides ; front of neck to breast 

 chestnut ; back and wings blackish ; belly white, and sides 



