BIRDS OF KANSAS. 



Order PYGOPODES. Diving Birds. 



Suborder PODICIP.EDES. Grebes. 

 Family PODICIPIDiE. Grebes. 



Genus OOLYMBUS Linnaeus. 

 Subgenus DYTES Kaup. 



B. 706. R. 732. C. 848. G. 317. U. 3. 



1. Oolymbus auritus Linn. Horned Grebe. Migratory ; rare. Arrive the 

 middle to last of April. 



B. 707. R. 733. C. 850. G. 318. U. 4. 



2. Oolymbus nigricollis californicus (Heekm.). American Eared Grebe. 

 Migratory; rare in eastern, common and may occasionally breed in western 

 Kansas. Arrive the last of April to middle of May. 



Genus PODILYMBUS Lesson. 



B. 709. R. 735. C. 852. G. 319. U. 6. 



3. Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.). Pied-billed Grebe. Summer resident; rare; 

 in migration abundant. Arrive the last of April to first of May. Mr. A. L. 

 Bennett and Mr. V. L. Kellogg, of Emporia, both report finding, May 26th, 1885, 

 in a pond or slough near the city, quite a number of the nests of the birds, con- 

 taining from five to ten eggs each. Nest in thick weeds or rushes in water from 

 two to three feet deep; composed of old decaying weeds or rushes, brought up 

 from the bottom and piled upon each other in and around the standing stalks, 

 until the fabric reaches the top and floats upon the water, quite a bulky 

 structure. Upon this a small nest is built of debris and bits of slimy moss. 

 Eggs, 1.69x1.17; bluish white at first, but soon become stained in their wet 

 beds ; in form elliptical. 



