1. PODICIPES. 541 



p. 313 (1872); Irhy, Orn. Gihrnltar, p. 219 (1875) [Tangier]; 



Severtz. J.f. O. 1875, p. 198 [Tian-shan] ; Dresser, B. Europe, viii, 



p. 639, pi. 630 (1878) [part]; Gi,il. Ibis, 1881, p. ±>1 ritalv ; 



Elba]; ('larke, Ibis, 1884, p. U8 [Slavonia] : Gu/l. Avif. Ital. 



p. 452 (188(5) ; id. Avif. Ital. i. p. 666 (1889), ii. p. 659 (1890), 



iii. p. 515 (1891) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1891, p. 370 [Erzeroom] ; Ilartert, 



Ibis, 1892, p. 521 [E. Prussia] ; Lilford, Col. Fig. Brit. B. pt. xxvi. 



(1893) ; Reiser, Orn. Balcanica, ii. p. 203 (1894) ; Saunders, ed. 



Yarrell, Brit. B. iv. p. 124 (1895). 

 ? Podiceps cucuUatus, Severtz. J. f. O. 1875, p. 198 [Turkestan]. 

 Podicipes griseigena, Salvad. Ucc. Ital. p. 301 (1887) : Saunders, III. 



Man. Brit. B. p. 703 (1889). 

 Lophaethyia griseigena, Sliarpe, Handb. B. Gr. Brit. iv. p. 198 (1897). 



Adult hi hreedinff-phimar/e. General colour above, including the 

 top of the head aud back of the neck, dark Ijrownish black with a 

 gre}' gloss ; the feathers of the crown considerably lengthened and 

 forming a full crest ; sides of the liead, chin, and throat grey, 

 bordered with white on the sides of the crown and upper part of 

 the neck ; sides and fore-part of the neck rich chestnut, becoming 

 somewhat paler on the chest ; rest of the underparts silvery white, 

 indistinctly mottled with brownish ash on the upper breast, sides, 

 and flanks ; primary-quills ash-brown, outer secondaries mostly or 

 entirely ash-brown ; inner secondaries white ; the lesser wing- 

 coverts white, forming a white bar along the edge of the wing, 

 widest on the basal half. Iris carmine-red ; bill black, the basal 

 portion of the gape yellow ; feet externally greenish black, 

 internally dull yellowish, the margins of the lobes dusky. Total 

 length about 18 inches, culmen from feathers on forehead 1-4— I'T, 

 wing 6"3-7'2, tarsus 2-1, outer toe and claw 2"8. 



Adult in non-hreeding plumage. General colour of the upper parts, 

 including the top of the head and back of the neck, brown, darkest 

 on the back and scapulars ; sides of the head and base of the fore- 

 neck brownish white ; chin, throat, upper part of the fore-neck, 

 and rest of the underparts silvery white ; the feathers of the sides 

 of the breast, sides, and flanks mostly tipped with ash-brown ; 

 plumage otherwise similar to the above. 



Hah. Europe and Western Asia, ranging south to the Mediterra- 

 nean, Black and Caspian Seas, and the north coast of Africa. 



