. North American birds eggs . t [ white, nest 4. American Eared Grebe. riaillifi raUfiini iriix. CoUjinbus nig- Range.—North America west of the Miss-issippi, breeding from Texas to Manitobaand wintering along the Pacific Coast of theUnited States and from Texas southward. Eared Grebes differ from the preceding inhaving the entire neck blackish. They nestvery abundantly throughout the west, infavorable localities, from Texas to Minne-sota and Dakota. Their nests are construct-ed in the same manner as the precedingvarieties and are located in similar do all the Gre
. North American birds eggs . t [ white, nest 4. American Eared Grebe. riaillifi raUfiini iriix. CoUjinbus nig- Range.—North America west of the Miss-issippi, breeding from Texas to Manitobaand wintering along the Pacific Coast of theUnited States and from Texas southward. Eared Grebes differ from the preceding inhaving the entire neck blackish. They nestvery abundantly throughout the west, infavorable localities, from Texas to Minne-sota and Dakota. Their nests are construct-ed in the same manner as the precedingvarieties and are located in similar do all the Grebes when leaving the nest, they cover the eggs with the damp-rushes from around the base of the nest. This is probably for the purpose ofassisting incubation during their absence, by the action of the suns rays on thewet mass. As they are nearly always thus covered upon the approach of any-one, this may be done also as a protection froni discovery. They lay from three. (Bluish white, stained. North American Birds Eggs. to eight bluish white eggs with the usual chalky and discolored breeding season is at its height early in June, or earlier, in the southernportionsof its range. Size Data.—Artesian, S. Dakota, June21, of rushes, floating in three feet of water. Large colony in a small , F. A. Patton. 5. St. Domingo or Least Grebe. Colymbus domiidcus brachypterus. Range.—Southern Texas and Lower California southwara to South America,breeding throughout its range. The Least Grebe is by far the smallest of theGrebes in this country, being but 10 in. in length;it can not be mistaken for any other, theEared Grebe being the only other species of thisfamily found in the same localities duringthe summer. These little Grebes nest very abund-antly along the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, thenesting season lasting from the latter part of Mayuntil well into December. Their nests are Hoating piles of grass and wee
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