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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Genus PODILYMBUS Lesson. 



PODILYMBUS PODICEPS (//;///.). 

 Pied'billed Qrebe. 



Adult in summer plumage : Throat black, and a black band on the bill ; no tufts on sides 

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

 bill ; sides faintly washed with pale brown. 



Length, 13.50; Wing, 5 ; Tarsus, 1.45; Bill, .90. 



Often confounded with the preceding species in winter dress. 



Florida in winter; not very common. It occasionally breeds 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. 



