LOBIPEDES — PODICIPID.<E — PODICEPS. 275 



THE CRESTED GREBE. 



PODICEPS CRISTATUS. 

 PLATE CXL. FIG. 306 (Immature). 

 (STATE COLLECTION.) 



Colymbus aistatus. Linnjecs, p. 222. 



Podiceps id. Latham. Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. N. Y. Vol. 2, p. 417. Richardson, F. . A. Vol. 2, p. 410. 



Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 250. Audubon, B. of A. Vol. 7, p. 308, pi. 479. GlRAUr, 



Birds of Long island, p. 383. 



Characteristics. Crested : a broad ruff round the neck. Sides of the head and of the 

 body tinged with reddish. Female, no ruff ; brownish grey ; beneath 

 white. Length, 19 - 0. 



Description. Bill straight, compressed, tapering, 2*5 long. Nostrils oval. Tibia wholly 

 feathered : tarsus much compressed. Two tufts of feathers on the head, and a large ruff or 

 frill on the sides and fore part of the neck above. Second quill longest. 



Color. Adult male : Brownish black, tinged with rufous above ; occipital tufts and the 

 ruff black, tinged with green ; upper portion of the ruff reddish brown ; chin and fore neck 

 white. Immature : Bill blackish, reddish brown at the base ; feet yellowish green ; chin, 

 neck, breast and abdomen greyish white, obscurely spotted with dusky ; ruff dull brown be- 

 neath, somewhat lighter above ; loral space dusky. 



Length, 18' 0-20-0. 



The Crested Grebe, or Dipper, is commonly found in secluded ponds and lakes in the in- 

 terior, although it is not unusual along the coast. Breeds in the higher latitudes. Eggs four, 

 of a uniform yellowish white. Ranges from Mexico to the 68th parallel. Common to Eu- 

 rope and America. 



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