156 BIRDS. 



compressed, black, tipped with yellow; crests and ruffs 

 very large; L. 14; W. 6; B. 3f. Northern hemisphere, 

 aljundant. 



4. C. auriius, (L.) var. californicus, (Heerm.) Eared 

 Grebe. Crest in the form of ear tufts; front of neck 

 black; bill depressed; L. 12. Western, E. to Ills. 



2. POD /LYMB US, Lesson. Dab -Chick. 



1. P. podicipes,{L.) Lawr. Diedapper. Hell-Diver. 

 Water Witch. Pied - Billed Grebe. Chiefly brown - 

 ish gray; silvery ash below; bill bluish, with dark band; 

 young and winter plumage different, but the bird 

 resembles nothing else; L. 14; W. 5; B. 1. Whole of 

 America, abundant. (Podiceps caroUnensis^ Lath.) 



