12 GREBES. 



In stiKU^ng the two foregoing .species of 

 Grebes, experience will teach that w^hile one 

 may mistake a Horned for a Holboell, one 

 rarely, if ever, mistakes a Holboell for a 

 Horned. 



3. PIED-BILLED GKEBE. 



About the size of the Horned Grebe, but 

 this is our only species that has the head and 

 neck all around decidedly reddish brown in 



Figf. 6. 



I'ied-billed Grebe in winter. 1-4. 



autumn and winter, and this color extends 

 along the sides. The throat and under parts 

 are silvery white, see fig. 6. The bill is thick 

 an-d large, about the size and form of that of 

 a domestic hen. It is Ijrown in winter, but 

 l)ecomes whitish in summer with a black band 



