1. roDiciPEs. 523 



mnd-neck, ash-brown ; sides of lower back and rump white ; some of 

 the feathers oi the back with pale greyish margins; forehead and 

 crown brownish black, shading into deep black on the feathers of 

 the occiput and nape, which are elongate and form a sort of hood • 

 sides oi^ the face, chm, and throat pale brownish white, the feathers 

 on the forehead, crown, and sides of the head and throat with long 

 white hair-hke extremities, longest on the sides of the head: fore- 

 neck and chest white tinged with rufous ; belly and vent dusky • rest 

 of nnderpai-ts pare white ; the first three or four primaries mostly 

 ash-brown, he fifth and sixth white tipped with ash-brown • thl 

 remainder almost pure white ; secondaries white, narrowly margined 

 with ash-brown towards the tip of the outer margin. Total length 

 about 9-5 inches, culmen from feathers on forehead 0-6-0-8 

 wing 4-d-4-4, tarsus 1-5, outer toe and claw !■[). ' 



Adtdtinnon^breedinr/ph<maf/e. Differs from t'he above in havin- 

 the top the head and back of the neck uniform greyish brown" 

 the chin, throat, sides and fore part of the neck, as well as the chest. 

 White; and the white hair-like filaments on the feathers of the head 

 absent or rudimentary. 



Immature birds resemble the adult in non-breeding pluma-e 

 ffab. Australia and Tasmania. " * 



t' /'i" f'- 1 Australia, Aug. 1 (Z. Chandler). Gould Coll. 



e f ^9 t .1- S""'"/"?,^ 4f ,^- ^'"^^•"^'•^^O. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 e,/. d2 ad. sk. New South Wales. Australian Museum 



ff- Ad. sk. Murray R., Victoria. C.^D^'' E. Fortnum, 



h^A^M ■ f- f "«ti'^l'»' Dec. IlS CdL 



z, ^.^Ad. et imm. S. Australia {J. Gould). Sir CI. Grey [P.]. 



n Id"^ J '"^' '''• T ^'''^'^^'^- Dr. R. H. Perks [C.l. 



«. Acl.st. Tasmania. Ronald Gimu, k. 



9. Podicipes rufipectns. 



Podiceps (PoHocephalus) rufipectus, G-'. i?. Gray inDieifenbach, Trav 

 A. Z., App. p. 198 (1843) [New Zealand]. F<^'>oacn, av. 



Podiceps rufipectus, Q. It, Gi " 



A Zeal p. 350 (1873.) ; id. Man. B. N. Zeal. p. 75 (1882^ 

 A. Zen/. 2nd ed. ii. p. 280 (18881 ^ ^^oo^-l , 



Podiceps rufopectus, &'. li. Gray,' Ge,^. B. iii. p. G33 (1846) • id 



Adnh in breediiHi-plumage. General colour above dark brownish 

 black, with more or less distinct sandy-brown edgings to the feathers 

 of the back and scapulars ; sides of the lower back and rump mostlv 

 ^^hite; forehead, crown, and back of the neck black, darkest and 



