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AMERICAN ORXITHOLOGY. 



and took numerous views of the pn rents feeding and caring for their 

 young. The results show that Mr. Herrick is an expert photographer 

 as well as naturalist. 



PIED-BILLED GREBE. 



A.. O. !/• ^o. 6, ("Podilyntbuj podicepj.) 



RANGE. 



Entire North America from the British provinces southwards. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Length, 13 in.; extent, 24 in. Tail consists of a tuft of downy feathers. 



Adult (in summer): — Bill bluish, encircled about midway with a broad 

 band of black. Eye, brown; eye-lids, white. Feet, grayish black. 

 Crown; back of neck and back, grayish black. Under parts, silvery- 

 gray, mottled with dusky. A broad black patch on the throat. 



(Winter plumage): — Bill yellowish without the black band. No black 

 on the throat. Upper parts more brown than in summer and the feathers 

 edged with light. Neck, breast and sides light reddish brown. Rest of 

 under parts white. The feet on all the grebes are entirely different from 

 those of a duck, each toe having its own u eb. 







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NEST AND EGGS. 



The nest of the Grebe is a floating structure of reeds. It is made by 



