896 U. §. P. B. BR. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLCGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
neck and upper part of the breast bright chestnut red, sides of the same color, intermixed with dusky; abdomen silky white; 
bill bluish black, yellow at the tip; loral space bright carmine ; iris carmine, with an inner circle of white; tarsi and feet dusky 
grey externally, dull yell sw internally, and on both edges of the tarsus. 
Length about 14 inches; wing, 53; bill, 1; tarsi 13. 
Young. The whole upper plumage greyish black, darkest on the head, feathers of the back with grey margins; throat, sides 
of the head, a broad space on the sides of the neck, nearly meeting behind, breast and abdomen silvery white; sides and lower 
part of abdomen dusky. 
Hab.—Generally distributed, specimens being in the collection from the Atlantic States, the interior ones and the Pacific 
coast. 
List of specimens. 
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Oatal.} Sex. Locality. When Whence obtained. | Orig’!| Collected by— | Length.| Stretch | Wing.) Remarks. 
No. collected. | No. of wings.| | 
— | | | 
6489 | eeeeee Washington, D. Ge May, 1857 | Market.. 
G490 |eeeees| cecees dO .cescceeces |vccee adacleseees dO. cr eceeees 
299 Q Carlisle, Pa Cab. of G. N. Law- |. 
siefaleieya | New York.....+.-- rence. 
opo00 Woenttdone ss sisal scwescisaseleee| [coms selOOnscssieseciey (ford, zi 
8753 | oO | Grosse Isle, Mich..| Apr. 31,1852 | Rev. C. Fox....... i (o'sleiele'el||e(visielere}sisteisialale{ete's Sisislafersteley rc Iris scarlet. 
9969 |..s00e | Red river of North..| ceeee ceeceees N, Y. University...}.....% R. Kennicott, 
6925 |. reer Nelson’s river, H. |....ese.eeee+-| Donald Gunn....../..+00 Jno. Isbister... 
HIBATs | 
9939 |..000 Shoalwater bay, | Oct., 1854] Gov. Stevens......| 100 | Dr. Cooper....| 13.50 | 24.00 |......| Iris carmine; bill bluish above, 
W.T. flesh color below; feet black 
and greenish white. 
9934 | .cccecleceees COs oces cccccelecvecvcccerens 
4592 |..c0e6 | Steilacoom, W. T..) Feb. 6, 1856 
OOG7|Niseses|ectelee dOlsseceieaienes | Oct. 10, 1856 
9936 |....0. Port Townsend, W. |........ see . 
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9543 |...00s Simiahmoo bay, W. |..eeceee cece Dr. Kennerly ..| 12.50 | 17.00 | 5.50 
fh | | 
GY ET Sl legeces | Puget’s Sound..... Sep. 25,1857 |...... doin acne) mae [einai GU Gages an|inogaaces Screed Paces 
PODICEPS CALIFORNICUS, Heermann, 
The California Grebe. 
Podiceps californicus, Herm. Proc. Acad. N. Sc. Phil., VII, 1854, 179. 
Sp. Cu — Winter Plumage. The entire upper plumage is blackish brown, nearly black on the head; primaries brownish ash, 
some of the inner ones tipped with white; secondaries white, with their basal portions dark ash; under parts silky white, the 
neck in front light ash, and the sides and lower part of abdomen brownish ash; under lining of the wings white; bill dark 
brown, the base of the lower mandible yellowish, and its tip light horn color; iris yellowish grey; tarsi and feet externally dark 
green, on the inside yellow. 
Length 12 inches; wing, 5; bill, %; tarsus, 14. 
Hib.—California, head waters ef Missouri river. 
Numerous specimens are in the collection, all in winter plumage; in its spring dress it has 
not yet been obtained. It resembles ‘‘ P. cornutus’’ in its winter garb, but is smaller, and 
the bill somewhat differently shaped. 
Dr. Heermann speaks of it as being abundant in California on the inland fresh water ponds, 
and on the sea shore, 
