Podiceps nigricollis, Grebe egg
Description:
One of five black-necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis californicus) eggs collected from a small roadside pond near Clinton, British Columbia (see CBE1759-CBE1763). The original collector, W.S. Maquire, noted the incubation was "well commenced" and the nest was comprised of "a floating mass of water vegetation." Later acquired by Ernest Cutts.
Original set mark: 1, Maquire collection
- Site: Canada; British Columbia
- Site Number: NH13G
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Neogene
- Epoch: Holocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Podicipediformes
- Family: Podicipedidae
- Genus: Podiceps
- Species: Podiceps nigricollis
- Collection: Ornithology Collection
- Object Name: Freshwater Birds
- Object Id: CBE1763
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