280 SYLBEOCYCLUS EUROPiEUS. 



of England, in the southern portions of Avhich, hoAvever, it is 

 said to be very common. On the Continent, also, it is gene- 

 rally distributed, but in America is not met Avith, the species 

 which had been mistaken for it there being probably Podiceps 

 Carolinensis, -which, however, is much larger, although usually 

 bearing the same name of Dobchick. 



Young. — When fledged, the young have the bill flesh- 

 coloured below, and on the basal sides of the upper mandible, 

 the rest dusky-brown; the iris brown; the feet brownish- 

 black externally, olivaceous internally. The upper parts of 

 the head and hind neck are greyish-brown ; the throat white ; 

 the sides of the head and neck, with part of the latter ante- 

 riorly light dull reddish, mixed with brown ; the loAver part 

 of the neck, and the sides of the body pale yellowish-brown ; 

 the breast silvery-Avhite. The upper parts are dusky-brown, 

 the scapulars and fore part of the back tinged with yellowish- 

 brown, as are the sides of the rump ; the wings as in the 

 adult, but lighter. 



