()42 oRNirnoLor.y. 



PODICEPS CRISTATUS. 

 Crvslcd Grobc. 



Colymbtis cristatus, LiNN., Syst. Nat., I, 17G(i, 222. 



Pixliccps cristdtioi, L.VTriAM, Ind. Oin., II, 1 "!)(), 7S(). — Lawr., in Baiid'.s IJirtls 

 N. Am., IH.'.S, S!>;5.— Baiku, Cat. N. Am. Uirds, 1859, No. 7();5.— Cou)«, Key, 

 1872, 330; Check List, 1873, No. 009; Birds N.W., 1874, 729. 



This .species was quite numerous in August and September in PVankiin 

 Lake, but no specimens could 1)0 obtained. It is n(t doubt a sununer-resi- 

 dcnt in suitable localities throughout the Basin. 



PODICEPS AURITITS. 

 Kared Grebe. 



/J. caJifoniUiis — CaHjhrniu Grchc. 



Podicrps cali/oniinot, IlKEiJMAN.N', Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. riiilnil., IS.") I, 179.— Lawr., 

 in Uaird's IJirds N. Am., 1858, 890.— Baiud, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 18.59, No. 707. 



Pocliccps auritits var. caUfornicm, CouES, Key, 1872, 337 ; Check List, 1873, No. 

 012; Birds N.W., 1874, 733.— Hensuaw, 1875, 489. 



This little Grebe was usually found in the same localities with P. occi- 

 denlalis, and like it was a constant resident. Tn Soda Lake, on the Carson 

 Desert, we observed a very large flock of" what was probably this species, 

 but they kept so far from the shore that the species could not be deter- 

 mined beyojid doubt. They were exceedingly clamorous. 



Lint of upedmcns. 



300, S ad.; I'yrainid Lake (mouth of the Truckee River), December 21, 1SG7. 12 

 — 21 — 5 — 33. Upjjer mandible, green i.sli- black, {^rowing pale asliy olive-green on basal 

 third of the commissiue (broadly) and on the ctilmen; lower mandible, ashy olivc^- 

 green, paler below, and more yellowish basal ly ; iris, bright orange-red, more scarlet 

 outwardly, and with a line thread like white ring around the pupil ; tarsi and toes, 

 dull blackish on outer side, passing on the edges into olive green ; inner side, dull light 

 yellowish-green; inner toe, apple-green. [Iii, winter plumcuji:] 



