. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. .Sui'.GENUs DYTES Kaup. COLYMBUS AURITUS Lhm. Horned Qrebe. Water Witch. Adult in snminer: Upper parts, including back, wings, top of the head and back of the neck, glossy blacl;^; throat, Idack ; front of the neck, breast, and sides of the liody, rufous chest- nut; rest of underparts, white; wings, dusky l)lack; secon- daries, white; lores, dull chestnut; the two small tufts of feathei-s at the sides of the occiput, brownish buff. Adult in viinter and immature: Head and back, grayish; underpai'ts, w
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. .Sui'.GENUs DYTES Kaup. COLYMBUS AURITUS Lhm. Horned Qrebe. Water Witch. Adult in snminer: Upper parts, including back, wings, top of the head and back of the neck, glossy blacl;^; throat, Idack ; front of the neck, breast, and sides of the liody, rufous chest- nut; rest of underparts, white; wings, dusky l)lack; secon- daries, white; lores, dull chestnut; the two small tufts of feathei-s at the sides of the occiput, brownish buff. Adult in viinter and immature: Head and back, grayish; underpai'ts, white, usually tinged with gray on the breast aud lower throat; no tufts on sides of the head in winter plnmage. Length: ; wing, ; tarsus, ; bill, .85 to .95. Distribution: Northern Hemisphere, breeding from the United States northward {A. 0. f/".), migrating south iu winter to Florida and the Gulf States. Nest and eggs: The nest is a mass of floating grass or • weeds or a mat of grass on a partly submerged marsh; the eggs are four to seven, dull white or yellowish white, or soiled brownish white, and measure X 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 may not perfectly resemble the original Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921; Field Columbian Museum. Chicago, Special edition printed for the Field Columbian Museum
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