y. roDIJLYMBUS. 555 



Auk, iv. p. 8 (1887) [Kansas] ; Lloyd, Auk, iv. p. 184 (1887) [W, 



Texasj ; Warren, B. Pennsylv. p. 2 (1888) ; Merrill, Auk. v. p. 140 



(1888) [Oregon] ; Cory, Auk, v. p. 156 (1888) ; Chapmaji, Auk, v. 



p. 268 (1888) [Florida] ; Ererm. Auk, v. p. 345 (1888) [Indiana] ; 



Sclaf. 8r Hudson, Art/ent. Orn. ii. p. 206 (1889); Cori/, B. W. 



Ind. p. 284 (1889) ; Pindar, Auk, vi. p. 311 (1889) [Kentucky] ; 



Scotf, Auk, -viii. p. 353 (1891) [Jamaica] ; Cory, Cat. W. Ind. B. 



p. 81 (1892) ; Hatch, B. Minnesota, p. 8 (1892) ; Kerr, Ibis, 1892, 



p. 151 [R. Pilcomayo] ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 214 [Argentine 



Rep.]; ^Scott, Auk, ix. pp. 21 1, 214 (1892) [Caloosahatcliie, Florida^; 



Collette, Tr. Kansas Acad. xiii. p. 49 (1893) [nesting liabitsj ; 



Mcllwraith, B. Ontario, ed. 2, p. 29 (1894) ; Merrill, Auk, xiv. 



p. 350 (1897) [Idaho]. 

 Podilymbus sp., Salvin, Ibis, 1866, p. 200 [Lake Atitlan, Guatemala]. 

 Podilvnibus podicipes, Merriam, Bull. Nntt. Orn. C. vii. p. 241 



(1882) [Canada] ; Stearns ^- Coues, N. Engl. B.-life, p. 393 (1883) ; 



Coues Sf Prentiss, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxvi. p. 110 (1883) 



[Columbia Distr.] ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 797 (1884) ; 



Sharpe, Handb. B. Gr. Brit. iv. p. 213 (1897). 

 Podilymbus eurytes, Bonap. Jide G. R. Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 95 



(1871) [Monte Video]. 



Adult in hreeding-plumage. General colour above dark brown, 

 inclining to blackish on the crown and back of the neck, paler on 

 the sides of the head and fore part of the neck ; in some specimens, 

 probably younger individuals, inclining to whitish on the lower 

 part of the cheeks ; chin and throat deep black ; feathers of the 

 sides and flanks dark brown, rufous buff towards the base; breast 

 and rest of underparts mottled with black and silvery white, the latter 

 colour generally predominating on the middle of the breast ; primary 

 and secondary quills ash, generally inclining to white on the inner 

 web, especially on the inner primaries and secondaries ; the amount 

 of white, however, varies greatly in individuals, some exam])les 

 having only a small sjjot of white on the margin of the inner web 

 of the secondaries. Iris rich dark brown, with a narrow outer 

 ring of ochraccous white and an inner thread-like ring of pure 

 white ; bill milk-white, crossed with a black band across the middle ; 

 metatarsi and toes greenish slate-colour on the outer and plumbeous 

 on the inner side. 



Adult male. Total length about 14 inclies ; culmen from feathers 

 on forehead 0-75-1 ; depth of the upper mandible, measured from the 

 feathering on the forehead to the cutting-edge, varies from 0-3 in 

 the younger examples to 0'43 inch in the most adult ; wing 5'l-5'6, 

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



Adult female. Total length about 12 inches ; culmen from feather* 

 on forehead 0-7-0-9 ; depth of the upper mandible, measured from 

 the feathering on the forehead to the cutting-edge, varies from 0-28 

 in younger examples to 0'35 in the most adult; wing 4-6-5, tarsus 

 1-35-1-6, outer toe and claw 2-1-2-4. 



AduJt in non-hreeding plumage. Differs from the above in having 

 the chin and throat white, the feathers of the fore-neck, sides, and 

 flanks rather widely fringed with rust-red, and the breast and belly 

 mostly pure white. 



