. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario with a description of their nests and eggs and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs . mil western Xoitli America, from the .\Iissis> him in the tiesh from Colpoys Bay, as being somethingdifferent from those usually seen at that point, it was too far gonefor preservation when received, l)ut the Doctoi, who has long been anardent collector, assures me that he is quite satisfied of the correctnessoi his id
. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario with a description of their nests and eggs and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs . mil western Xoitli America, from the .\Iissis> him in the tiesh from Colpoys Bay, as being somethingdifferent from those usually seen at that point, it was too far gonefor preservation when received, l)ut the Doctoi, who has long been anardent collector, assures me that he is quite satisfied of the correctnessoi his identification. This species is a comparatively new ac(|uaintance to Americanornithologists, for although described by Audubon, it was not foundby him. It is now known to breed in Texas, Kansas, Illinois,Dak(jta, and Colorado; and Macoun reports it l)reeding aljundantly inthe prairie pcjols of the North-West, so that we need not be surprisedif a straggler is now and then wafted a little way out of its Gexus PODICEPS (). 4. Pied-billed Grebe. •i) Length. 12 to 14; wing, about .>: liill. I H- less; taisus. IJ,. Adult: -Billhlnish, dusky on the ridge, encircled with a Mack liar; throat with a long V)lackpatch; tipper parts blackish-brown: ))riniaiieis ashy brown ; secondaries ashyand white; lowei parts silky white, nnirt- (n- Ifss mottled oi- oVjscured withdusky; the lower neck in front, toic bit-ast and sides, washed witli lacking the throat-patch and |)C(uliar marks ot tjic liill. otherwise notparticularly different; in a very early jdumuge with liic lieail curiously striped. Hab. — British Provinces southward to Brazil. Buenos Ayres and Chili,including West Indies and the Bermudas, bi-eeding nearly throughout its range. Nest, a little Hoating island of witheied reeds and rushes mixed «ith to the acpiatic plants, raised two or thi-ce inches abo^■e watei-. Kggs. five to seven, whitish, tdoude
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