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Length, d\ ; wing, 3f (3J-4J) ; tarsus, 1 J ; culmen, f . South America, 

 from Paraguay nortli to Texas and Lower California, including the West 



Indies. 



6. Pied-billed Grebe (6. Podi- 



lymbus pddiceps). ■ — A common, 

 small, brownish-black grebe (in 

 summer), with the lower breast 

 and belly nearly white. The front 

 and sides of the neck are lighter 

 than the back, and more nearly 

 brown ; there is a black band 

 across the bill at the middle. 

 In winter, the coloring is much 

 the same, but the band across 

 the bill is lacking, and the throat 

 is white. This is our common- 

 est grebe. It can dive head first 

 beneath the water, as well as 

 sink gradually like the other 



species. (Dab-chick ; Dipper ; Diedapper ; Hell-diver ; Water- 



Wfitch ; etc.) 



Length, 1.3J ; wing, 4f (4J-o}) ; tarsus, IJ; culmen, |. America, 

 from the Dominion of Canada to the Argentine Republic, including the 

 West Indies ; breeding nearly throughout. 



Pied-billed Grete 



