514 P0DIC1PEDIDJ<:. 



Podiceps flnviatilis, Legqe (nee Tunst), E. Ceylon, iii. p. 1059 (1880) ; 



Smlly, Ibis, 1881, p. 693 [Gilgit] ; Sivmh. Ibis, 1882, p. 125 



[Candiihar]. 

 Tachybaptes fluviatilis, Oates, B. Burmah, ii p. 441 (18f^3) ; id. ed. 



mnne's Nests Sf Egys, iii. p. 401 (1890) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 478 



[Lake Shirwa]. 

 Podiceps fluviatilis capensis, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 418 [Somaliland]. 

 Tachybaptes minor, St. John [nee Gmel), Ibis, 1889, p. 180 [S. 



Afofhanistan & Kelat]. 

 Colymbus fluviatilis, Beicheiiow, J. f. O. 1890, p. 107 [Cameroons] ; 



id. Voff. Deutsch-O.-Afr. p. 17 (1894). 

 Podiceps minor, Sharpe, Second York. Miss., Aves, p. 148 (1891) ; 



Jesse, Ibis, 1897, p. 662 [Lucknow]. 

 Tacbybaptes capensis, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xx. p. iv (1894); id. 



Ibis, 1895, p. 139 ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 515 [W. Somaliland]. 

 Tacbybaptes albipennis, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xx. p. iv (1894) ; id. 



lilts, 1895, p. 139 [Peninsula of India]. 

 Podicipes capensis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, p. 517 [Zululand]. 

 Podicipes albipennis, Blanf. Faun. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 475 (1898). 



Adult in hreeding-plmnage. Differs from P. minor in having the 

 basal portion of the primaries and almost the entire webs of the 

 secondary quills white with white shafts. In most examples there 

 is a more or less distinct brown band on the subterminal margin of 

 the outer web, but in some (the most adult?) most of the secondary 

 quills are entirely white. The rufous on the sides of the head 

 extends to beneath the eye, and the black is confined to the fore 

 part of the cheeks, chin, and upper part of throat ; the breast and 

 belly are shining white, more or less mixed with blackish. Iris 

 yellowish hazel, deep raw sienna or amber ; upper mandible dusky 

 black, base and lower mandible orange ; legs and feet black 

 {F. Oates). 



Adult in non-breedinij ■plumarji'. Similar to P. minor, but at once 

 distinguished by the amount of white on the basal part of the 

 primaries and on the secondaries. 



Hah. Madagascar and Africa; across South-western Asia to 

 India, Burma, and Ceylon. 



a. Imm. sk. Fantee, W. Afi-ica (Ussher). Shelley Coll. 



I). Ad. sk. Accra, May (J. Smith). Shelley Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Benguela. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. 



[C.]. 



d. cJ ad. sk. Lake Tchitina, Upp. Piver Shelley Coll. 



Quillon, Congo, Sept. 3 

 {Dr. Lucan). 



e. Ad. sk. S. Africa. J. Rocke, Esq. [P.]. 

 f Ad sk S. Ah-icti (Capt. Sjnller). Gould Coll. 



'('/. Ad. sk. S. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



h i Ad sk. Kingwilliamstown. Lieut. Anstey [P.]. 



//-m. c? 2 ad. sk. Natal ( T. Ayres). Tweeddale Coll. 



n Ad sk. Natal. J. H. Gurney, Esq. 



■ ■ [P-]- 



o. Ad. sk. Pretoria, Transvaal(i^/'rt<0- I^'"- R- Bowdler 



Sharpe [P.]. 



