GREBES 



(5) Colymbus dominicus 

 brachypterus 



(Chapman) (Of St. Domingo). 



LEAST GREBE; ST. DOMINGO 

 GREBE. Bill very short, stout and 

 pointed. Iris orange-red. Ad. in 

 Slimmer — Crown glossy, steel-blue 

 sides of head ashy-gray; throat black 

 rest of lower parts grayish-white 

 upper parts blaclcish. hi winter — 

 No black on throat; crown and sides 

 of head duller colored. L., 9.50; W., 

 3.7s; Tar., 1.25; B., .70. Nest — Oi 

 decaying rushes floating on the water. 

 Eggs — Four to seven, chalky, green- 

 ish-white, so nest stained as to ap- 

 pear brownish; 1.40 x .95. 



Range — Throughout Mexico and 

 Central America. In the United 

 States, onl}' in the Rio Grande Valley, 

 southern Texas. 



some upright rushes so that the owner on her return may not 

 find that her home has floated away. The top of this decay- 

 ing mass is barely raised above the water; indeed, the eggs 

 often lay partly in water. It has been said that when a 



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