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KEY TO THE U^\TER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Genus PODILYMBUS Lessc 



PODILYMBUS PODICEPS (////// 

 Pied=bined Grebe. 



Adult in siiiiiiiier plumage : Throat black, and a black Ijand on the bill: no tufts on sides 

 of the head in any plumage. Ulnter 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. 



Floi-ida in winter : not very common. It occasionally hreeds 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 wiiite in color. 



