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KEY AXD iJEsriilPTION 



Length, 91; wing, 3| (oi-4i); tarsus, li; cuhnen, ^. South America, 

 from Paraguay north to Texas and Lower California, including the West 



Indies. 



G. Pied-bUled Grebe (0. Podl- 

 I'ymhus podk-eps). — A common, 

 small, brownish-black grebe (in 

 summer), with the lower breast 

 and belly nearly white. The front 

 and sides of the neck are lighter 

 than the back, and more nearly 

 l)rown; there is a black band 

 across the bill at the middle. 

 ill winter, the coloring is much 

 the same, but the band across 

 the V)ill is lacking, and the throat 

 is white. This is our coiumon- 

 est grebe. It can dive head first 

 beneath the Avater, as well as 

 sink gradually like the other 

 (Dab-chick; Dipper; Diedapper; Hell-diver: Water- 



Pied-billed Grebe 



species 

 witch ; etc.) 



Length, L3J ; wing, 4} (4J-5J) ; tansus, \\; cuhnen, f. America, 

 from the Dominion of Canada to the Argentine Republic, including the 

 West Indies ; breeding nearly throughout. 



