Podilymbus podiceps, Grebe egg
Description:
One of seven pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps podiceps, Linnaeus 1758) eggs collected from Bullhead Lake in Barry County (see CBE1784-CBE1790). Original collector George Sprague noted the eggs were "nearly fresh" at time of collection. Later acquired by Ernest Cutts.
Original set mark: 630/7, Gibbs collection
- Site: MI; Barry Co.; Bullhead Lake
- Site Number: NH65Ia
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Neogene
- Epoch: Holocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Podicipediformes
- Family: Podicipedidae
- Genus: Podilymbus
- Species: Podilymbus podiceps
- Collection: Ornithology Collection
- Object Name: Freshwater Birds
- Object Id: CBE1787
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