•IG 



PALMIPEDES. 



SUB-FAMILY JL 



PoDICEPIXyE.* 



The Gi 



Gen, Chaeac— Bill long, straight, compressed on the sides, with the culmen 

 plightly cuned at the tip, which is acute and entire, the gonj'S ascending; 

 the nostrils pierced in a groove, and oblong ; the wings short, with the first 

 quill the longest; the tail not apparent; the tarsi short and much com- 

 pressed ; the toes long, the outer longer than the others, the anterior ones 

 broadly lobed on the sides, especially on the inner side ; the claws short, 

 very broad, and obtuse. 





Fig. 2iH.— the crested gkebe. 

 (Podiceps cristdtug.) 



The birds composing tliis sub-family are met with 

 in most parts of the world. They are usually found 

 in flocks near the sea-coast, or on the sides of lakes, 



* Podex, the rump ; pes, a foot ; so called from the legs being 

 placed near the hinder part of the body. 



