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BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
FAM. PODICIPIDvE. 
GREBES. 
PODICEPS DOMINIC US. (Linn) 
St. Domingo Grebe. 
Winter Plumage , Male. — Above, dark brown, with slight green- 
ish reflections ; sides of the head and throat, ashy gray, continuous 
in a broad band around the neck ; under parts, silk)'- white, mottled 
with dusky; outer primaries showing chocolate-brown, the others 
and secondaries white. 
Length 9.35, wing 3.60, tarsus 1.24, bill .85. 
The pretty little St. Domingo Grebe is a resident, and not 
uncommon on some of the islands. It was quite abundant on 
Andros Island, and I was enabled to procure a number of specimens. 
It appears to prefer the pools in the dark recesses of the man- 
grove swamps to the more open ponds, and probably for this reason 
escaped the notice of previous collectors. Its habits apparently do 
not differ from other species of its family. 
Gosse found this species breeding in Jamaica. He says, “ Early 
in August I found near the edge of Mount Edgecombe Pond a 
