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crossing the middle which can easily be seen 

 at some distance, see fig. 7, and which gives 

 it the name of Pied-billed Grebe. It is also 

 called Dabchick. The throat is then black. 



Fi^. 7. 



Yicr 8. 



Pied-billed Grebe in summer; bird 1-15. 



The young when fully grown retain the 

 stripings on the head, see fig. 9, but the neck 

 is reddish brown much as in the adult. 



The Pied-billed Grebe may be found on al- 

 most any fresh water stream or pond, if a lit- 

 tle remote from habitations and contain 

 aquatic vegetation into which the bird may 

 retreat when alarmed. It is very rarely found 

 on salt water. It is very common, especial- 

 ly in Sep. and Oct. in northern U. S. It win- 

 ters from the Carolinas, southward, and breeds 

 from Fla., northward into Canada. Migra- 



