12 GREBES. 



In studying the two foregoing species of 

 Grebes, experience will teach that while one 

 may mistake a Horned for a Holboell, one 

 rarely, if ever, mistakes a Holboell for a 

 Horned. 



3- PIED-BILLED GREBE. 



About the size of the Horned Grebe, but 

 this is our only species that has the head and 

 neck all around decidedly reddish brown in 



Fig. 6. 



Pied-billed Grebe in winter. 1-4. 



autumn and winter, and this color extends 

 along the sides. The throat and under parts 

 are silvery white, see fig. 6. The bill is thick 

 and large, about the size and form of that of 

 a domestic hen. It is brown in winter, but 

 becomes whitish in summer with a black band 



