2. -KCUMOl'QOKUS. 551 



Rio Nepfi-o, Brazil, Ma}'. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Chili {E. C. Reed). Salvin-Godman Coll 



Chili. Old Coll. 



Central Chili [Latidbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



Central Chili (Lundbecl-). Berkeley James Coll. 



Central Chili (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



Central Chili (Landbech). Berkeley James Coll. 



Coquinibo Bay, Chili, Salvin-Uodman Coll. 



Nov. {Admiral A. II. 



Mnrkham). 



Straits of Magellan. Old Coll. 



Straits of Magellan. Old Coll. 



Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Sclater Coll. 



Ayres, Dec. 11 {F. 



Withimjton). 



q. Ad. sk. 33 7'0 Kio Parana, April 16. H. Durnford, Esq. 



[C.]. 



2. .ffichmophonis occidentalis. 



Podiceps occidentalis, Later, in Baird's B. N. Amer, p. 894 (1858) 



[Washington Territory to California] ; Neioberry, Rep. Expl. 



Surv. vi. pt. iv. p. 110 (1857) [California]; Cooper & Suck/. N. H. 



Wash. Terr. p. 281, pi. 38 (1860) ; Brown, Ibis, 1868, p. 427 



[Vancouver I.] ; G. R. Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 93 (1871) ; Coues, 



Key N. Am. B. p. 336 (1872) ; id. B. N.-West, p. 727 (1874) ; 



Hensh. Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. vi. p. 214 (1881) ; Bryant, Auk, ii. 



p. 313 (1885) ; Seton, Auk, ii. p. 314 (1885), iii. p. 147 (1886) 



[Manitoba]. 

 Podiceps clarkii, Lnwr. in Baird's B. N. Amer. p. 895 (1860) 



[California and New Me.xico] ; Hensh. Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. vi. 



p. 214 (1881) ; Bryant, Auk, ii. p. 313 (1885). 

 ^chmophorus occidentalis, Coues, Pr. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 229; 



id. Ibis, 1866, p. 273 [habits] ; Ridgw. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 



xxi. p. 55 (1881); Coues, Key N. Am. B. 2nd ed. p. 793 (1884) ; 



Baird, Brew. <^- Ridgw. Water-B. N. Amer. ii. p. 421 (1884) ; 



A. O. U. Ckeck-l. p. 73 (1886) ; Kvermann, Auk, iii. p. 87 (1886) 



[Ventura Co., Cal.J ; Rid^iv. Man. N. A. B. p. 4 (1887) ; 3Ierrill, 



Auk, V. p. 140 (1888) [Oregon]; Snow, Auk, v. p. 201 (1888) 



[Kansas]; Goss, Auk, vi. p. 122 (1889) [habits]; Hatch, B. 



Minnesota, p. 4 (1892) ; Merrill, Auk, xiv. p. 347 (1897) [Idaho], 

 .^chmophorus clarkii, Coues, Pr. Ac. Philad. 1862, pp. 229, 404 ; 



Ridyiu. Bull. U.S.Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 55 (1881); Coues, Key N. 



Am. B. 2nd ed. p. 794 (1884) ; Ridgw. Man. N. A. B. p. 4 



(1887). 

 Podiceps occidentalis, var. clarkii, Coues, Key N. Am. B. p. 336 



(1872) ; id. B. N.-West, pp. 727, 728 (1874). 

 ^chmophorus occidentalis clarkii, ^ajVc?, Brew. Sr Ridgtc. Water- B. 



N. Am. ii. p. 423 (1884). 



Adtift. General colour above dark brownish black, each feather 

 of the back and scapulars with a pale brownish-white margin ; top 

 of the head and hind-neck deep sooty black, darkest on the occiput 

 and nape, where the feathers are somewhat lengthened and form 

 a short crest ; lores, sides of the head and neck, chin, throat. 



