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| Keywords: Eggs of North American birds (Page 1) (6237617094).jpg THE <br> EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS <br> ORDER L PYGOPODES Diving Birds <br> Eggs extremely variable in form and color either plain or <br> spotted Nesting habits dissimilar <br> Family I PODICIPIDyE Grebes <br> Eggs oval bluish green covered with a chalky incrustation <br> which in the freshly deposited egg is white but quickly be- <br> comes stained <br> Nests composed of a mass of weeds grasses etc placed in <br> the water <br> 1 Western Grebe ch' no2 horus occidentalis Eggs <br> 3 4 or 5; 2 25 + 1 50 to 2 35 -f 1 55 The largest of the <br> Grebes Breeds throughout Western America eastward to <br> Manitoba in early June <br> 2 Holbcell's Grebe Colymhus holboellii Eggs 8 to 10 ; <br> 1 35 -f- 2 00 to 1 40 + 2 10 Breeds throughout extreme <br> Northern North America and Greenland late in June <br> 3 Horned Grebe Colymbus anritus Eggs 4 to 6 ; 1 15 <br> + 1 70 to 1 20 -f- 1 75 Smaller in size than those of No 6 <br> Breeds throughout North America from Northern United <br> States northward late in June <br> 4 American Eared Grebe Colymhus nigricollis californi- <br> cus Eggs 4 to 6; 1 70 -\- 1 80 to 1 18 + 1 33 Breeds <br> throughout Northern and Western North America west of the <br> Mississippi Valley late in June <br> 5 St Domingo Grebe Colymbus dom inicus Eggs un- <br> known but they must be the smallest of all Grebes' eggs <br> 1 13764172 48899 13894 Page 1 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/13764172 1890 10 5962/bhl title 13894 Maynard C J NameFound Colymbus NameConfirmed Colymbus EOLID 9076208 NameBankID 2879841 NameFound Colymhus holboellii NameConfirmed Colymbus holboelli NameFound Colymhus nigricollis californi NameConfirmed Colymbus nigricollis californicus Biodiversity Heritage Library ABC of fox hunting Birds Eggs Nests North America SIL Smithsonian Institution Libraries bhl page 13764172 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/13764172 north america sil smithsonian institution libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-10-12 Check categories 2015 September 22 PD-old-70-1923 Eggs of North American birds Photos uploaded from Flickr by FĂŚ using a script Files from the Biodiversity Heritage Library released as Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike | ||||
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