HORNED GREBE. 

 I* 5 3< JColy'unbus auritus. 14 in. 

 * 2 ,: rn'.summer with a puffy black head, buffy 

 ear tufts and reddish-brown lower neck. In 

 winter, gray and white, very silky-white on 

 the neck and under parts. Considerable 

 white on the wing. 



Nest. A floating pile of decaying rushes. 

 The half dozen eggs are bluish-white, stain- 

 ed brownish-yellow. 



Range. Breeds north from Me., Minn, 

 and British Columbia. Winters throughout 

 the U. S. in suitable open water. 



EARED GREBE. 

 4. Colymbus nigricollis calif ornicus. 13 in. 



In summer, the whole head, neck and 

 breast black; ear tufts buffy. In winter, 

 wholly gray above and silky-white below. 



Nest. Of rushes, floating on the water. 



Range. Western North America, breed- 

 ing east to Nebr. and Manitoba. Casual in 

 Ind .and Ontario. 



