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water and the lx>dy into tin- air. It is an expert and rapid swimmer 

 also, and all its movements <>n tin- water are exceedingly graceful. 

 When pursued, these birds invariably nnli-ii\i>r to escape by diving, 

 though when <>n the wing they fly rapidly, their neck* and feet 

 hed at full length " (OmmU-rluin). 



3. Colymbuo auritUS /.././.. H<>I:NM> (.I::HK. .I/, in rumnttr. 



!'.[ <>!' tin- In .til, !.:;. 1 iieek, iiiiil thront, L -l..\ hlueki*h ; lore* pale ) 



i-ohiiul tin- eye, bully oehnn-< "ii-. .!- -\ r \~-i< riorly ; back 



aiul winga black i.-h ; .-.eeiiM-lan.* white; t'.r.iieek, upper breast, ulnl M.|T* 



,t ; lower breast and brlly whitf. .1<I. in n-int,r nn<{ Int. l"p|--r purtit 



Cray i-h t>laok ; uiiili-r jmrt.t .il\i-ry white, MHIH tinn-.-* wulir<l with trruyi^h >n 



llu- thnmt an.l Ln-UMt. I... ! \" ; Tar. 17:.; 15., 90. 



it. Breeds fnnn nurtlu-rn I'nitiil Stut-s (imrtlu-ni IlliiK-i.*, St. ('lair 

 FUt) northward; wint.-r> *>iithwar<l t tin- (Julf States. 



iii^t.'ii. r'.iMiii"ii NV. V., full u> A pi. 25. Lon^ IMand, abundant 

 T. V.. r ' Vt. t.. Apl. Siii^ Sin.;, i-oiiiliion 1 



Cambridge, casual. 



'. a inatw of wuUT-tM)ukc<l, ilrra_sin/ \ i-_'i tat i< 'ii, floating oinong ruobes 

 In a slou^'li. ir-m rally uttu<-lu-.l t> it.-* nurroundin^it. /.';/;/*, two to scvui, .lull 

 white, more or l*s itoilcd, 1*74 x ri.V 



This species and the next are probably frequently mistaken for 

 each other in life, and the same common names are in some instances 

 applicable to both. Mr. Krncst K. Thompson writes of a captive in- 

 dividual : " When ordinarily swimming, the feet strikeout alternately, 

 and the pp>i:ri'--ion isteady: l>ut sometimes both feet struck together, 

 ainl then the movement was by great bounds, and was evidently cal- 

 culated to force the bird over an expanse of very weedy water, or 

 through any tangle of wenU or ru-hes in which it might have found 

 itself. When lifted out of the water, the feet worked so fast as to be 

 lost to the eye in a mere haze of many shadowy feet with one attach- 

 ment. When placed on the ground, it was perfectly helpless" (Birds 

 of M.mitolka, p. 400). 



6. Podilymbus podicepc ' /.'<'-.>. I'in.-r.ii i M.CKKBK; PARC-HICK; 



PIEOAMT.R; HKI.I. i>i\ KI: ; WATKK-W IT< n. i See Fiir. *'. " ' A>l. in mintmtr. 



I'l'lu-r irta jflowy, Imtwnisli hluek ; thn>ut Mm-k ; upjH-r hreiw-t, fn>nt and 



aide* of the ncek. and fiili- f the l.n.|\ . w:i>h<-il with I>n>wni4li an.l ituli*- 



:m>ttle.l with K!a.-ki-li : lwer t>reii*t and Kelly white; a black band 



lie bill. A I. in irint.r nn-l Int. Mueh like tlie above, but throat 



white and no black band n the bill. I. l<i : Tnr.. : 



Kaiiyt. A- ;mblie north wanl thnniifh Mexieoand the W. 



die* to HII.I-..M liay and (lr. '-. IT. e.liinr lot-ally throughout iu 



range; winters front New Jcm-y Mint h wanl. 



Woohlngton, COHUI1..II W. v Inland, un- 



common T. V., Sept. to Apl. Sing Sing, common T. V., Apl. C to Apl. SO; 



