BiBDS OF Indiana. 557 



Length, 18.00-20.00; wing, 7.30-8.10; bill, 1.65-3.40. 



Eange. — IsTorth America, from South Carolina and Nebraska to 

 Arctic coast and Greenland, also northeastern Asia south to Japan. 

 Breeds from Minnesota northward. 



.Nest, a mass of floating material fastened to reeds. Eggs, 3-7, dull 

 wMte, tinged with greenish; 3.30 by 1.35. 



Rare migrant and possibly winter resident. It has only been re- 

 ported from the northern part of the State, where it has been taken in 

 spring. Dr. J. L. Hancock, of Chicago, 111., reports it at Wolf Lake, 

 Indiana, in the spring of 1883, also at Park Side, 111., April 39, 1883. 

 Mr. Eobert Ridgway (Birds of Illinois, Vol. II, pp. 259-261) gives it 

 as a winter visitant to Illinois. Its summer home is farther north, 

 mainly much to the northward of the United States. Dr. T. S. Roberts 

 (The Auk, April, 1890, p. 313) found it breeding in limited numbers 

 in west-central Minnesota. It breeds abundantly along the Yukon 

 River, where Mr. Robert Kennicott saw it and gave an accoimt of its 

 nest and habits. These are very similar to those of other grebes. 



Subgenus Dytes Kaup. 



*2. (3.) Colymbus auritus Linn. 



Homed Grebe. 



Adult in Summer. — Above, dark brown, the feathers paler edged; 

 below, silvery-white, the sides mixed dusky and reddish; most of the 

 secondaries white; foreneck and upper breast brownish-red; head, 

 glossy black, including the rufE; a broad band over the eye to and in- 

 eluding occipital crests, brownish-yellow; bill, black, yellow tipped 

 (Wheaton); eye carmine. Adult in Winter and Immature. — ^Above, in- 

 cluding top of head, duSky gray; sides of head and lower parts, white; 

 the chest and sides more or less grayish. 



Length, 12.50-15.25; wing, 5.75; bill, 1.00. 



Range. — Northern hemisphere, in North America south to Gulf 

 States. Breeds from northern Indiana and southern Michigan north- 

 ward. Winters from Indiana and southern New York southward. 



Nest, of water plants attached to reeds and floating on the surface 

 of the water. Eggs, 2-7; whitish or greenish; 1.78 by 1.30. 



Regular migrant in some numbers, but never abundant. Some are 

 winter residents in suitable localities. In the northern part of the 

 State among the lakes and marshes it breeds. Mr. Geo. L. Toppan 

 has a young bird of this species, in downy plumage, taken at Sheffield, 

 Ind., May 24, 1878. He considers it more common in winter. Dr. 



" Species marked with an asterisk (*) breed within the State. 



