Order PYGOPODES. Family COLYMEID^j. 

 WESTERN GREBE; SWAN GREBE. 



1. JEclimoijJiorns occidentalis. 27 m !*> '. 

 All birds of this Family have lobate-web- 



bed feet, that is each toe has a distinct web. 

 This species has a black, white and gray 

 plumage; in summer the whole back of neck 

 is jet black, while in winter it is gray. 



Note. Loud, quavering and cackling. 



Nest. Floating mass of decaying rushes. 



Range. Western North America, east to 

 Manitoba and X. D.; casual in Kans. 

 HOLBOELL GREBE. 



2. Colymbus holboslli. 19 in. 



In summer, cheeks and throat silvery- 

 white; front of lower neck reddish-brown; 

 crown and ear tufts black; white tips to 

 some wing feathers. In winter wholly gray 

 and white, no black or rufous coloring. 



Nest. Of decaying rushes. 



Range. Breeds west from Ungava and 

 Minn. Winters from Me., Ont. and Wash, 



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