390 GALLO-GRALL.E. 



Genus PODILYMBUS. 



Lesson, Traite cVOrn. jx 5[)o (1S31). 



Podilymbus podiceps. 



Cohjmhus iwdiceps, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat, i. p. 223 (176G). 

 Podili/mbusjJodiceps {L.), A. 0. TJ, Chcck-L N. Amer. E. p. 75 

 (1886). 



The Pied-billed Grebe. 



JJab. Nearly the whole of America. 



1955. Sternum. S. S. 1289. 



Presented In/ the Smithsonian Instif idivn. 



Genus TACHYBAPTES. 



Eeichenbach, Syst. Av. p. 11 (1851). 



Tachybaptes fluviatilis. 



Cohjmhus jlaviatilis, Tunstall, Orn. Erit. p. 3 (1771). 

 Taclujhaptes fluviatilis (Tunst.), E. 0. U. List Erit. E. p. 204 (1883). 



The Little Geebe. 



Ilah. Nearly tlie whole of the Old World. 



1956. Skull of male. From Germany. Purchased. 



1957. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. S. S. 1933. 



Prom the Zoological Societi/. 



Suborder IX. GALLINjE^. 



[Cf. Secbohm, Classif. E. p. 42.] 



A. Palate sehizoii'nathous. 



B. Basipterygoid processes articulating- with the pterygoids as 



near the palatines as possible. 

 C Nasals holorhinal. 



* = Order 6'«//{/"oy»;(fvv. Sliai]it'. IJevIcw, ]). 6^ ; if. Ganod, I'ruc. Zool. 

 Sue. 1870. pp. o.j4-.j80. 



