Grebes and Loons 



2. Holbcell Grebe (Colymbus holbcelli}. L. 19. 

 Ads. Crown and hindn'eck glossy black; back 

 blackish; throat, cheeks, and underparts white; 

 foreneck and sides rufous. Winter. Above blackish 

 brown; throat and underparts white; foreneck pale 

 rufous. Yng. Similar but no rufous. Notes. "An 

 explosive hup" and "An exceedingly loud harsh voice 

 not unlike that of an angry Crow, but of much greater 

 volume. The calls were also given more slowly and 

 indeed with singular deliberation, car, car, three or 

 four times, sometimes lengthened to caar, and again, 

 broken and quavering like ca-a-a-r or ca-a-a-a-r." 

 (Brewster.; 



Range. North America, eastern Siberia, and Japan; breeds locally 

 In the interior from about Lat. 50 northward; winters from Maine and 

 British Columbia southward to South Carolina, Nebraska and 

 southern California, chiefly on the coasts. 



3. Horned Grebe (Colymbus auritus). L. 13.5. 

 Ads., summer. Crown, hindneck, and throat glossy 

 black; plumes behind eye deep buff; back and wings 

 blackish; foreneck, breast, sides, and lores chestnut; 

 abdomen white. Winter. Above grayish black; be- 

 low white. 



Range. Northern Hemisphere: breeds largely In the Interior from 

 eastern Quebec, northern Illinois, St. Clair Flats, North Dakota, and 

 British Columbia northward; winters from Maine and British Columbia 

 south to Gulf States and southern California. 



4. American Eared Grebe {Colymbus nigricollis 

 californicus}. L. 13. Ads. Above, neck all 

 around, and upper breast brownish black: cheek tufts 

 yellowish brown; flanks chestnut; belly white. 

 Winter. Grayish brown above; white below. 



Range. Western North America east to Kansas; breeds locally 

 from Texas and middle California north to Manitoba and British Col- 

 umbia; winters from British Columbia, on the Pacific coast, and Texas 

 southward. 



5. Least Grebe (Colymbus dominions bracbypterus). 

 L. 10 Ads. Throat black; cheeks slaty, above blackish; 

 below grayish. Winter. Similar but no black or slate 

 on throat or cheeks. Smallest of our Grebes. 



Range. Lower Rio Grande Valley In Texas and southern Lower 

 California south to northern South America. 



6. Pied-billed Grebe (Todilymbus podiceps}. L. 13.5. 

 Ads., summer. Above brownish black; throat and band 

 on bill black; foreneck, breast, and sides brownish; 

 belly white. Winter. The same, but throat white, 

 breast more rusty, bill without black band. Notes. A 

 loud, sonorous, "cow-cow-cow-cow-cow-cow-cow-cow-cow- 

 uh, cow-uh, cow-uh, cow-uh." 



Range. Argentine Republic; north through Mexico and West Indies 

 to Lat. of Hudson Bay; breeds locally throughout its range, but chiefly 

 northward; winters from New Jersey, Illinois, and southern California 

 southward. 



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