LEAST OR ST. DOMINGO GREBE 



5. Colymbus dominions brachypterus. 10 inches. 



This' is much smaller than any others of our grebes; 

 in breeding plumage it most nearly resembles the fol- 

 lowing species, but the bill is black and sharply pointed. 

 It has a black patch on the throat, and the crown and 

 back of the head are glossy blue black; in winter, the 

 throat and sides of the head are white. 



Nest. Not different from those of the other grebes. 

 Only comparatively few of them breed in the U. S. but 

 they are common in Mexico and Central America. Their 

 eggs, when first laid, are a pale, chalky, greenish white, 

 but they soon become discolored and stained so that they 

 are a deep brownish, more so than any of the others; 

 from 3 to 6 eggs is a full complement (1.40x.95). 



Range. Found in the United States, only in the 

 Lower Rio Grande Valley in Southern Texas, and south- 

 wards to northern South America. 



