524 poDiciPEDiD.^;. 



somewhat glossed on the ocdput and nape ; sides of the head, chin, 

 throat, and upper part of the fore-neck light brown ; the feathers of 

 Ihe head with grey hair- like tips, most marked on the sides of the 

 'crown and throat ; base of fore-nock and chest light red ; sides and 

 flanks brown tinged with rufous ; lower belly and vent dusky ; breast 

 and rest of underparts pure white ; outer primary-quills brown with 

 the basal part of the inner web white, the amount of white gradually 

 increasing on the inner quills, so that the 9th to the 11th feathers 

 have the basal two-thirds or more white, and the terminal portion 

 brown ; secondaries very similar to the three innermost primaries, 

 but the brown on the outer web extends for some distance down the 

 margin. Total length about 11 inches, culmen from feathers on 

 forehead 0"8-0-95, wing 4*6, tarsus 1-6, outer toe and claw 1*9. 



Adult in non-breeding plumage. Probably does not differ from the 

 adult in breeding plumage. 



A quite young bird has the head and back of the neck dark brown 

 with two stripes of white, one commencing above the eye, the other 

 below, and continued to the nape ; the chin and throat white, base 

 of the fore-neck and chest pale dull rufous-brown ; rest of the 

 jjlumage much like that of the adult. 



In cm older example the white stripes on the sides of the head, 

 characteristic of immaturity, have disappeared and the feathers of 

 the top of the head have short hair-like whitish tips. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



a. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Dr. A. Sinclair [P.]. 



(Tj'pe of the species.) 



b. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Gould (Joll. 



c. Ad. sk. New Zealand. New Zealand Co. 



[P.]. 



d. e. Ad. et imm. New Zealand. Colonial Museum, 

 sk. Wellington [E.]. 



f. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Dr. II. O. Forbes 



(/-i. c? 2 ad. et Port Cooper, East coast of S. Capt. Stokes, R.N. 



juv. sk. Island, New Zealand (F. [P.j. 

 Siranffe). 



A: Ad. sk. Waimate, East coast of S. Is- Antarctic Expedition 



land. [P.]. 



I. Ad. sk. Tairi Pt., South Island*. Percy Earl, Esq. [C.]. 



m. Ad. sk. Otago. Otago University 



Museum [E.]. 



10. Podicipes americanus. 



Podiceps americanus, Garnot, Voy. CoqidUe, Zool. i. p. 599 (1826) 

 [Chili; Brazil]; G. R. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 033 (1846); Gay, 

 Hist. Chili, Zool. i. p. 465 (1847) ; 8cM. 31us. Pays-Bas, vi. Urinat. 

 p. 42 (1867). 



Podiceps chiliensis, Garnot, Voy. Coquille, Zool. i. p. 601 (1826) 

 [Concepcion] ; G. JR. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 633 (1846). 



Podiceps albicoib.s, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 594 (1831). 



* See G. E. Cray, Voj. Eivbiis and Terror, Birds, p. IB (1815). 



