HOLBELL GREBE 
2. Colymbus holbelli. 19 inches. 
This is next to the Western Greke in size, both being 
much larger than any of our others. In summer, they 
are very handsomely marked with a reddish brown neck, 
| silvery white cheeks and throat, and black crown and 
crest, but in winter they take on the usual grebe dress 
,of grayish above and glossy white below. Because of 
their silky appearance and firm texture, grebe breasts 
_of all kinds have been extensively used in the past to 
adorn hats of women, who were either heedless or igno- 
rant of the wholesale slaughter that was carried on 
that they might obtain them. 
Nest.—Of decayed rushes like that of the last. Not 
in as large colonies; more often single pairs will be 
found nesting with other varieties. Their eggs average 
smaller than those of the last species (2.35 x 1.25). 
Range.—North America, breeding most abundantly in 
the interior of Canada, and to some extent in the Da- 
18 kotas. Winters in the U. 8., chiefly on the coasts. 
