3. PuDiLVMiics. 553 



Three specimens in the IlothscLild Museum measure as follows : — 

 Ciihnen. Wing. 



111. 



Alberta Territory, Canada, May 25. 

 Santa Cruz, California, Jan. 1. 

 California, Sept. 23. 



3. PODILYMBUS. 



Type. 



Podilymbus, Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 595 (1831) P. podicipes. 



Sylbeocyclus, Bonap. Saygio, p. 86 (1832) ; Sclater, Ibis, 



1874, p. 98 P. podicipes. 



Hydroka, Nuftall, Man. Orn. p. 259 (1834) P. podicipes. 



Nexiteles, Gloc/er, Hand- u. Hilfsh. p. 473 (1842) .... P. podicipes. 



Culmen short, deep, and strongly curved downward towards the 

 tip ; nostrils broadly oval ; frontal feathers bristly ; metatarsus about 

 one-third of the length of the middle toe and claw. 



Range. North and South America. 



1. Podilymbus podicipes. 



Podicipes minor rostro vario, Catesb. Carol, i. p. 91, pi. 91 (1731) 



[Carolina]. 

 La Grebe de I'lsle S. Thomas, Brisson, Orn. vi. p. 58 (1760) [Inland 



of St. Thomas]. 

 La Grebe de riviere de la Caroline, Brisson, Orn. vi. p. 63 (17G0). 

 Le Gi-ebe de la Louisiane, DAuhent. PL Enl. ix. pi. 47 (no. 943) ; 



Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. p. 240 (1781). 

 Le Grebe duc-laart, Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. p. 240 (1781). 

 Le Castagneux a bee cercle, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. p. 247 (1781). 

 Colymbus podiceps, Linn. S. N. i. p. 223 (1766) ; Gmel. S. N. i. 



pt. ii. p. 594 (1788) ; Bonnat. Tahl. Encycl. Meth. i. p. 57, pi. 45. 



fig. 4 (1790). 

 Colymbas ludovicianus, Bodd. Tahl. PI. Enl. p. 56 (1783) ; Gmel. 



S. N. i. pt. ii. p. 592 (1788) ; Bonnat. Tabl. Encycl. Meth. i. p. 54, 



pi. 46. fig. 2 (1790) ; Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 88 (1823). 

 Red-bill Grebe, Pennant., Arct. Zool. ii. p. 497, pi. xxii. (1785) ; 



Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. i. p. 292 (1785) ; id. Gen. Hist. x. p. 35 



(1824). 

 Louisiane Grebe, Pennant, Arct. Zool. ii. p. 498 (1785) ; Lath. Gen. 



Syn. iii. pt. i. p. 289 (1785) ; id. Gen. Hist. x. p. 36 (1824). 

 Black-breasted Grebe, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. i. p. 289 (1785) ; id. 



Gen. Hkt. x. p. 34 (1824) ; Nutt. Man. Orn. p. 259 (1834). 

 Colvmbus thomensis, Gmel. S. N. i. pt. ii. p. 592 (1788) ; Bonnat. 



tabl. Encycl. Meth. i. p. 54 (1790). 

 Podiceps thomensis. Lath. Lid. Orn. ii. p. 784 (1790) ; Vieill. N. 



Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiii. p. 446 (1817) ; Steph. in Shaiv's Gen. 



Zool. xiii. pt. i. p. 6 (1826) ; G. R. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 633 



(1840). 

 Podiceps carolinensis, I^ath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 785 (1790) ; VieilL N. 



Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiii. p. 446 (1817) ; rieill. Gal. Ois. ii. p. 204 



(1825) ; Sj)ix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 78, pi. 100 (1825) ; Strph. in Shnic's 



Gen. Zoul. xiii. pt. i. p. 16 (1826) ; Swains. ^-Bichards. Eaiin. Bor.- 



Amer. p. 412 (1831) [Gt. Slave Lake] ; And. Orn. Bioqr. iii. p. 359, 



pi. 248 (1835), V. p. 624 (1839) ; id. B. Amer. vii. p. 324, pi. 483 



(1844). 



