508 roDicirEDiDJs. 



Bas, vi. Urinat. p. 43 (1867) [part]; Smith, Ibis, 1868, p. 457 

 [Portugal]; Colletl, Vid. Sekk. Forh. Christ. 1868, p. 190; Uioste, 

 J. f. O. 1869, p. 349 [Faroes] ; Ehces i^ Buckl. Ibis, 1870, p. 341 

 [Turkey]; Fritsch, Nat. Vog. Europa's, p. 505 (1870), Atl. pi. 61. 

 tigs 12," 13 (1871); Goebel, J.f. 0. 1871, p. 151 [S. Russia] ; H. Gray, 

 B. West. Scot/, p. 409 (1871) ; G. B. Gray, Hand-l. B. iii.p. 94 

 (1871) ; Fritsch, J.f. 0. 1872, p. 378 [Bohemia] ; Scvertz. Turkest. 

 Jemtnie, p. 69 (1873) ; id. J.f. O. 1873, p. 340 [Tian-shau], 1875, 

 p. 186; BrvoJce, Ibis,'l&73, p. 349 [Sardinia] ; Irby, Orn. Gibraltar, 

 p. 221 (1875) ; Danf. ^ Brown, Ibis, 1875, p. 434 [Transylvania]; 

 Palmen,J.f. O. 1876, p. 65 [Finland]; Jesse, Ibis, 1876, p. 383 

 [Corsica] ; 'Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 413; Liehe, J. f. O. 1878, p. 85 

 [E. Hungary] ; Budoif, J.f. O. 1879, p. 83 [Don] ; Seebohm, Ibis, 

 1882, p. 232 [Astrnkan], 1883, p. 36 [Caucasus]; Badde, Orn. 

 Caucas. p. 491 (1884); Liitkm, Ornis, 1885, p. 143 [Denmark]: 

 Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 468 (1885) ; Dalla-Torre ^- Tschmi, 

 Ornis, 1885, p. 556 [Austro-Hungarv], 1887, p. 346, 1888, p. 359, 

 & Suppl. p. 331, 1890, p. 262 ; Booth, Bough Notes, iii. pt. x. 

 (1886) ; Tschusi, Ornis, 1886, p. 174 [local names] ; Meyer ^ 

 Helm, Zeit. ges. Orn. iv. p. 398 (1887) ; Badde S>- Walter, 

 Ornis, 1889, p. 128 [Transcaspia] ; Seebohm, B. Jap. p. 367 (1890) ; 

 Emns, Ibis, 1891 , p. 83 [Incubation lasts 20-24 days] ; Lilford, 

 Col. Fig. Brit. B. pt. xx. (1891) ; Gdtke, Heligoland, Engl. ed. 

 p. 587 (1895). 



I'odiceps hebridicus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 785 (1790). 



Colymbus erj'throcepbalus, Hermann, Observ. Zool. i. p. 151 (1804). 



Colyumbus (sic) minutus, Pall. Zoogr. Bosso-As. ii. p. 358 (1811). 



Podiceps pygmseus, Brehm, Handb. Vog. Deutschl. p. 966 (1831). 



Little Grebe or Dabchick, Nidt. Man. Orn. p. 257 (1834) rHudson's 

 Bay!] ; Yarrell, Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 316 (1843). 



Svlbeocyclus europteus, Macqill. Man. Brit. Orn. ii. p. 205 (1842) & 

 '^2i)d ed. ii. p. 205 (1846) ; 'id. Brit. B. v. p. 276 (1852). 



Podiceps pallidus, Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 403 (1855). 



Podiceps fluviatilis, Degl. &• Gerbe, Orn. Europ. ii. p. 587 (1807) ; 

 Dresser, B. Europe, viii. p. 659, pi. 633 (1880) ; Tristr. Surv. W. 

 Palest, p. I?jii{l88i); Saunders, ed. Yarrell, Brit. B. iv. p. 137(1885); 

 Gigl. Avif. Ital. p. 455 (1886) ; Tait, Ibis, 1887, p. 400 [Portugal]; 

 Gigl. Avif. Ital. i. p. 669 (1889), ii. p 659 (1890), iii. p. 515 (1891) ; 

 Hartert, Ibis, 1892, p. 521 [E. Prussia] ; Beiser, Orn. Balcnnica, ii. 

 p. 204 (1894), iv. p. 148 (1896). 



Podiceps philippensis, Swinkoe ( nee Bonyiat. ), Ibis, 1875, p. 456 

 [S. Yezo] ; Blakist. ^- Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 211 [Japan]. 



Sylbeocyclus minor, Tacz. Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. ii. p. 166 (1877) [Poland]. 



Tachybaptes fluviatilis, Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, p. 46 [Corsica] ; 

 Beid, Ibis, 1885, p. 255 [Morocco] : Salvad. Vac. Ital. p. 302 (1887) ; 

 Guillem. Ibis, 1889, p. 214 [Cyprus]. 



Podicipes fluviatilis, Saunders, III. Man. Brit. B. p. 709 (1889); 

 Newton, Ibis, 1889, p. 577 [habits of nestling] ; Sharpe, Handb. 

 B. Gr. Brit. iv. p. 207 (1897). 



Podiceps nigricans, Stcjn. P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. p. 290 (1892). 



Adult in hreedlnfi-plumage. Forehead, lores, crown, and hind- 

 neck dark brown with a dull oil-green gloss ; cheeks, chin, and 

 throat sooty-black with a slight gloss ; sides of head and rest of 

 neck rich chestnut ; upper parts brownish black with some gloss ; 

 sides of lower back and rump mostly pale chestnut or chestnut-buff; 

 chest brownish black; rest of undcrparls similar, but more or less 



