of the District of Montreal, 403 



Bill white, livid on the ridge ; irides red. 



Dorsal aspect. Crown of head, occipital crest, nuchal region, 

 lower half of the neck on tiie sides, interscapulary region, rump, 

 scapulars and wing coverts, including the primaries, cinereouss 

 brown ; secondaries white, as well as a space between the nostrils 

 and orbit; chin, upper half of the throat, front of the remaining 

 half, and remainder of ventral aspect, including the shoulders 

 white ; silvery on the belly and breast ; the white is tinged on 

 the flanks with cinereous ; the ruff is wanting, but the occipital 

 crest is present. 



1st and 2nd primaries subequal and longest; long scapulars 

 equal to the primaries ; length 22 inches ; alar expanse 28 inches ; 

 length of bill from the angle of the mouth 2^ inches. 



P. minor. Little Grebe. 



V. s. p. Bill short, strong, compressed, black, with the base of 

 the lower one, white in the adult ; ridge brown, sides and lower 

 one yellowish in the young bird ; legs and feet greenish brown 

 externally, flesh colour internally ; irides reddish brown, dark 

 brown in the young ; eggs 5 to 6 dirty white. 



Dorsal aspect of a young bird after its first month as it lies be- 

 fore me : Crest wanting ; crown of head brown, varied with yel- 

 lowish brown ; nape of neck and dorsal region including the pri- 

 maries and rump blackish brown with olivaceous reflections, which 

 are wanting in the primaries ; secondaries white on the inner 

 vanes and at the base. 



Ventral aspect. Chin and middle of the breast and bellv white ; 

 cheeks and sides of throat white tinged with rufous, and with ir- 

 regular streaks and bands of the latter colour ; upper part of the 

 breast and sides banded with rufous brown and black, in which 

 faint white streaks may be discerned ; sides of belly and flanks 

 blackish ash. 



2nd primary longest ; 1st and 4th subequal ; long scapulars long- 

 er than the longest primary ; length 11^ inches; alar expanse 16 

 inches ; length of the bill from the angle of the mouth 1 inch 

 and 2 lines. 



P. ruhricollis. Red necked Grebe. 



Colymbiis ruhricollis et subcristatus of Graelin ! 



Podiceps grisedgena. Baird ! 



D. c. Bill as long as the head, black, yellow at the base, from 



