. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . Western Grebe 346 KEY AND DESCRIPTION. HolbffiUs Qrebe Length, 24-29; wing, 8 (7^8^); tarsus, 3; cnlmen, 2^-3^. WesternNorth America east to Manitoba, and south to central Mexico. 2. Holboells Grebe (2. Colymhua IwJbndUi).—.W((/Mn winter,a common. , whitish-bellied grebe, with ^- _^ some pale brownish- j \ red on the sides of , i the neck. Yoinxfj, a blackish-backed, sil-very - bellied grebe,with the neck andsides grayish. AdvUin Slimmer, a black-i
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . Western Grebe 346 KEY AND DESCRIPTION. HolbffiUs Qrebe Length, 24-29; wing, 8 (7^8^); tarsus, 3; cnlmen, 2^-3^. WesternNorth America east to Manitoba, and south to central Mexico. 2. Holboells Grebe (2. Colymhua IwJbndUi).—.W((/Mn winter,a common. , whitish-bellied grebe, with ^- _^ some pale brownish- j \ red on the sides of , i the neck. Yoinxfj, a blackish-backed, sil-very - bellied grebe,with the neck andsides grayish. AdvUin Slimmer, a black-ish-backed, chocolate-brown-sided, white-bellied grebe, w-ithtlie crown, smallcrest, and back of theneck black. There isa silvery-ash patch on the throat, changing to deep, brownish-red on the front and sides of neck to the breast. On the waterthis is a very graceful bird, swimming and diving with thegreatest ease. When fly-ing, and it flies rapidly, theneck and feet are stretchedto their full length. (Red-necked Grebe.) Length, 19 ; wing, 7f (7^-8J) ; tarsus, 2f ; cuhncn, If-2|. North America ; breedingfrom about the northern border of the states northward
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