BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



FAM. PODICIPID^. 



GREBES. 



PODICEPS DOMINICUS. {Linn) 

 St. Domingo Grebe. 



Winter Plumage, Male. — Above, dark brown, with slight green- 

 ish reflections ; sides of the head and throat, ashy gray, continuous 

 in a broad band around the neck ; under parts, silky white, mottled 

 with dusky ; outer primaries showing chocolate-brown, the others 

 and secondaries white. 



Length 9.35, wing 3.60, tarsus 1.24, bill .85. 



The pretty little St. Domingo Grebe is a resident, and not 

 uncommon on some of the islands. It was cjuite abundant on 

 Andros Island, and I was enabled to procure a number of specimens. 

 It appears to prefer the pools in the dark recesses of the man- 

 grove swamps to the more open ponds, and probably for this reason 

 escaped the notice of previous collectors. Its habits apparently do 

 not differ from other species of its family. 



Gosse found this species breeding in Jamaica. He says, " Early 

 in August I found near the edge of Mount Edgecombe Pond a 



