LEAST OR ST. DOMINGO GREBE 
5. Colymbus dominicus brachypterus. 10 inches. 
This is much smaller than any others of our grebes; 
in breeding plumage it most nearly resembles the fol- | 
lowing species, but the bill is black and sharply pointed. 
It has a black patch on the throat, and the crown and 
back of the head are glossy blue black; in winter, the 
throat and sides of the head are white. 
Nest.—Not different from those of the other grebes. 
Only comparatively few of them breed in the U. S. but 
they are common in Mexico and Central America. Their 
eggs, when first laid, are a pale, chalky, greenish white, 
but they soon become discolored and stained so that they 
are a deep brownish, more so than any of the others; 
from 3 to 6 eggs is a full complement (1.40 x .95). 
Range.—Found in the United States, only in the 
Lower Rio Grande Valley in Southern Texas, and south- 
wards to northern South America. 
