. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. FAMILY •GKEBES. 133 The Horned Grebe is sometimes confounded with the Pied-billed Grebe in winter dress, but the former species has a n)ore pointed and slightly longer bill and tarsus. Both this and the next species are known to gunners by various names, among the most common being. Water Witch, Hell Diver, and Die Dipper. No. 3. The American Eared Grebe, C. nirji-icoJUs ca!ifornims, hns been tnkpii jii Illinois. (^Bidgway.) Genus PODILYMBUS Lesson. PODILYMBUS PODICEPS (Linn). Pied^bille
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. FAMILY •GKEBES. 133 The Horned Grebe is sometimes confounded with the Pied-billed Grebe in winter dress, but the former species has a n)ore pointed and slightly longer bill and tarsus. Both this and the next species are known to gunners by various names, among the most common being. Water Witch, Hell Diver, and Die Dipper. No. 3. The American Eared Grebe, C. nirji-icoJUs ca!ifornims, hns been tnkpii jii Illinois. (^Bidgway.) Genus PODILYMBUS Lesson. PODILYMBUS PODICEPS (Linn). Pied^billed Grebe. Hell Diver. Sp. char. Adult in summer: A1)0VP, glossy darlc Ijrown or l)rowMish lihick; tliroal., l)lacl<, and a black l)and on the bill; front, of neck and sides of neelc and liody, tinged witli pale brown; liellj', silvery white. Adnlt in winter: Similar, l)ut lacking the Ijlaclc tliroat and without tlie black band on the liill ; lower l)ell}', tinged with gray. LpiKjlh: ; wing, 5; tarsus, ; bill, .no. DMrilmtion: British Provinces, south- ward to Brazil. Argentine Eepuljlic, and(;hili, including West Indies and Bermuda, lu-eeding nearly throughout its range (^A. 0. U.)\ win- ters from New Jersey soutliward. Nest and eggs : Tlie nest is composed of a mass of floating vegetation or a mat of grass on slightly submerged The eggs are j^ellowish white or dirty white, usually from three to eight, and measure about Faiwily GAVIID/E, Loons. Kestricted to five known species. Tlic toes are foui-, full \vebl)ed in front; the hind toe, separate, witli small flap or lol)e; the tarsus is flattened. Tlic legs are set far back, rendering- walking difficult. Their food consists principally of fish, which they catcli witli grent dex- terity, being expert swimmers and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations
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