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KKY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Genus PODILYMBUS Lesson. 



PODILYMBUS P0DICEP5 [Linn.). 

 Pied=billed Grebe. 





Adu/f in xitiiiincr pluiiiaf^e : Throat black, and a black l)and on the bill: no tufts on sides 

 of the head in any plumage. Winter pluiitagc : Throat grayisli white, no l)lack band on 

 ImII ; sides faintly washed with pale brown. 



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



Often confounded with the precedino- species in winter dress. 



Florida in winter : not very common. It occasionally breeds in the State. 



Ran^e : 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. 



