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3. Horned Grebe. 



Length about 14 inches. Bill 1 inch long, Upper 

 parts brownish-black, head glossy-black, tufts och- 

 raceous, wing feathers brownish-ash and white. 

 Lower parts silky-white, neck and breast rufous. 

 Young of the year : Brownish-ash above and satiny- 

 white below, without tufts. 



4. Pied-billed Grebe. 



Length about 14 inches. Upper parts brownish, 

 wing feathers ash, and white on the inner webs. 

 Lower parts grayish-white mottled with dusky 

 spots, chin and throat with black patch, breast 

 rusty brown, bill with black band around. 



5. Loon. 



Length about 30 inches. Bill 3 inches long. 

 Upper parts glossy -black with white spots in rows, 

 head and neck velvety-green. Lower part neck 

 with white streaks. Young : "Without white mark- 

 ings on upper parts, and lower parts all white. 



6. Red-throated Loon. 



Length about 27 inches. Bill 2J inches long. 

 Upper parts speckled with white. Lower parts 

 white with a patch or stripe of chestnut down the 

 middle of neck. Young : Without chestnut on neck, 

 lower parts all white. 



