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OrpER I. PYGOPODES—Divine Brirps 
Feet lobed but not webbed:\.3..51.~ 1. cainiateeiaetes tee eed Podicipide. 
Meet webbed 0) aisra ye kis epee w cake une amet ene eel bee ee Gaviide. 
Famity PODICIPID/—GREBES 
Bill longer than head (3 inches), five times as long as deep, slender, acute, 
straight; size very large; neck very long; above slaty, crown and hind 
neck black, elsewhere pure white... ............ Western Grebe. 
Bill shorter than head (1 inch), less than twice as long as deep, very stout, 
compressed sideways, hooked at tip; size small; in summer throat 
and band on bill black.") Yon 2. bys .Pied-billed Grebe. 
Bill equal to or shorter than head (1 to 24 inches), ies than four times as 
long as deep, stoutish, straight; size small to large; neck moderate; 
in’ summer head Crested’ )...) seein smn nicks ee crete nae eee (2) 
2. Wing about 73 inches; bill about as long as head; sides of neck 
TULoUs MmaAdUlbs< ohne, eee eres ae ee aI Holbcell Grebe. 
2. Wing 5 to 6 inches; bill shorter than head.................. (3) 
Bill compressed, higher than broad at base; neck red in front in summer 
oo ae ae ARR BOA Ries Hits nim hye hans BES Alot dao > OOOO, 2 Horned Grebe. 
Bill depressed, broader than high at base; neck black in front in sum- 
111) ne se Peas Lae eA AS A Eared Grebe. 
Echmophorus occidentalis (Lawrence) WESTERN GREBE. 
A straggler from the west, breeding from North Dakota and Mani- 
toba northwards. Recorded twice from Nebraska, once from Cut-off 
lake, near Omaha by L. Skow, and again from Curtis, where Rees 
Heaton has taken a specimen. 
Colymbus holbeellii (Reinhardt) -HoLB@Lu GREBE. 
A northern grebe, breeding locally north of the United States, but 
occasionally reaching the latitude of southern Nebraska in late fall 
and winter. A specimen was taken at Alda by F. W. Powell, and an- 
other shot at Curtis is now in the Rees Heaton collection at that place. 
*Colymbus auritus Linnaeus—HorNED GREBE. 
Rather a rare migrant and breeder. Recorded migrating at West 
Point, Ravenna, and Lincoln. Found breeding in the alkali lakes of 
northern Cherry county by I. S. Trostler, and a pair, with newly made 
nest, noted at Little Alkali lake, in the same region, June 6, 1903, 
by Wolcott. 
*Colymbus nigricollis californicus (Heerman)—HEArED GREBE. 
A common migrant throughout the state, breeding in abundance in 
the lake region of Cherry county. Also found breeding in small num- 
