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Ki:V TO TH1-: WATFR P.IRDS OF I-LORIOA. 



Genus PODILYMBUS Li-ssox. 



P0DILYMBU5 PODICEPS (//////.). 

 Pied=billecl Grebe. 



I.*' 



Adult in suiiiiner pliiiiiagt' : Throat black, and a black band on the bill: no tufts on sides 

 of the head in any plumaoe. Winter plumage : Throat grayish white, no black band on 

 bill : sides faintly washed with pale brown. 



Length. 13.50: Wiuj*', »"> ; Tarsus, 1.45; Bill .90. 



Often confounded with the prececHno" species in w inter ch-ess. 



Florida in winter: not verv common. It occasionally hreeds in the State. 



Range : British Provinces of North America to South America. Nests 

 on floating vegetation or slightly submerged marshes : eggs three to eight, 

 yellowish white or dull white in color. 



