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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  seen 
  on 
  land, 
  but 
  this 
  species 
  and 
  the 
  Holboell 
  grebe 
  are 
  sometimes 
  found 
  on 
  

   the 
  ice 
  when 
  bays 
  and 
  ponds 
  suddenly 
  freeze 
  in 
  winter. 
  They 
  are 
  sometimes 
  

   found 
  on 
  the 
  snow 
  far 
  inland 
  in 
  an 
  exhausted 
  condition. 
  Indeed 
  it 
  seems 
  

   quite 
  impossible 
  for 
  a 
  grebe 
  to 
  take 
  flight 
  either 
  from 
  land 
  or 
  water 
  unless 
  

   a 
  considerable 
  level 
  surface 
  is 
  before 
  it 
  over 
  which 
  to 
  propel 
  itself 
  both 
  by 
  

   wings 
  and 
  feet 
  while 
  rising. 
  

  

  Podilymbus 
  podiceps 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

   Pied-hilled 
  Grebe 
  

  

  Plate 
  I 
  

  

  Colymbus 
  podiceps 
  Linnaeus. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  Ed. 
  lo. 
  1758. 
  1:136 
  

   Hydroka 
  carolinensis 
  DeKav. 
  'Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844 
  pt 
  2 
  p 
  "277 
  % 
  ?o8 
  

   Podilymbus 
  podiceps 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  6 
  

  

  podilym'bus, 
  eA'idently 
  a 
  contraction 
  of 
  podicipes 
  and 
  colvmbus; 
  pod'iceps, 
  an 
  

   improperly 
  formed 
  word 
  from 
  podex, 
  podicis, 
  rump, 
  and 
  pes, 
  pedis, 
  foot' 
  

  

  Description. 
  Breeding 
  plumage: 
  Upper 
  parts 
  brownish 
  black; 
  front 
  

   and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  brownish 
  gray, 
  with 
  concealed 
  dusky 
  mottlings; 
  a 
  

   large 
  black 
  throat 
  patch; 
  under 
  parts 
  silvery 
  ash, 
  obscurely 
  mottled 
  with 
  

   blackish, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  breast 
  and 
  sides; 
  hill 
  short 
  and 
  thick, 
  dull 
  bluish 
  

   white, 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  band 
  near 
  the 
  middle; 
  eyelids 
  white; 
  iris 
  brown 
  and 
  

   ^vhlte; 
  feet 
  greenish 
  black, 
  lead 
  color 
  on 
  the 
  inside. 
  In 
  winter: 
  Bill 
  dusky 
  

   vcllowish, 
  with 
  no 
  band; 
  throat 
  whitish, 
  without 
  the 
  black 
  patch. 
  Young- 
  

   Striped 
  with 
  white 
  and 
  buffy 
  about 
  the 
  head. 
  

  

  Length 
  12-14 
  inches; 
  extent 
  22-24.5; 
  wing 
  4.5-5; 
  bill 
  .85; 
  hight 
  of 
  

   bill 
  at 
  nostrils 
  .4; 
  tarsus 
  1.5; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  2.15. 
  

  

  Field 
  marks. 
  This 
  bird 
  has 
  a 
  more 
  brownish 
  cast 
  than 
  our 
  other 
  

   grebes, 
  but 
  the 
  best 
  mark 
  at 
  all 
  seasons 
  is 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  its 
  bill, 
  which 
  is 
  

   short 
  and 
  thick- 
  -more 
  henlike. 
  Li 
  the 
  breeding 
  season 
  the 
  black 
  throat 
  

   patch 
  and 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  bill 
  are 
  distinctive, 
  while 
  in 
  winter 
  it 
  lacks 
  the 
  shining 
  

   white 
  cheeks 
  of 
  the 
  Horned 
  grebe, 
  which 
  is 
  our 
  onh- 
  grebe 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  

   confused 
  with 
  the 
  present 
  species. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  This 
  bird, 
  called 
  also 
  Dabchick, 
  Hell-diver, 
  Dipper, 
  

   Didapper, 
  and 
  Water-witch, 
  is 
  found 
  throughout 
  New 
  York 
  during 
  the 
  

   Ijreeding 
  season, 
  whenever 
  it 
  is 
  undisturbed 
  in 
  its 
  favorite 
  haunts. 
  I 
  

   have 
  noticed 
  it 
  breeding 
  on 
  the 
  marshes 
  of 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  on 
  the 
  bays 
  of 
  

   Lake 
  Ontario 
  near 
  Rochester, 
  on 
  Canandaigua 
  and 
  Keuka 
  lakes 
  and 
  on 
  

  

  