BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 



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HORNED GREBE (Colymbus auritus) . 

 Local or common names : Hell-diver; Devil-diver. 



WiNTEB. 



Summer. 



Length. — ■ About 14 inches. 



Adult in Breeding Plumage. — Upper parts dark brown or brownish black, 

 the feathers paler on the edges; a brownish yellow stripe over eye, 

 broadening, and deepening in color toward end of crest; throat and 

 that portion of crest on side of head below eye black; bill black, yellow 

 tipped; feet dusky and- yellowish; iris carmine, with fine white ring 

 next pupil; fore neck and flanks reddish brown; wings varied with 

 white; lower parts silvery white. 



Adult in Winter, and Young. — Similar, but grayer, with sides of head, 

 throat and fore part of neck, white, this color nearly encircling nape, 

 and lightly washed with ashy gray on front of neck and lower belly; 

 feathering of head not so full and fluffy as in summer; bill dusky, but 

 somewhat whitish below. 



Field Marks. — In breeding plumage the crested head of black and brownish 

 yellow is distinctive; pure white under parts, and white wing patch 

 which shows when the wing is open, distinguish it in any plumage from 

 the Pied-bill. In winter the white cheeks contrast strongly with the 

 dark upper head. 



Season. — Common winter visitor coastwise; irregular inland; October 1 

 to May. 



Range. — Northern part of northern hemisphere. Breeds from near the 

 arctic coast south to British Columbia, central Minnesota, southern 

 Ontario and northeastern Maine; winters from southern Ontario and 

 Maine south to southern California and Florida. 



