rODILYMBUS PODICKPS 043 



PODirA'MF.US rODTPETS 

 'I'lairii-ltiiecd 4>i-(>l»<-. 



Golymlnn poflicepx, Linn., S.vst. Nat., I, 1700, 2L*.i. 



Podili/mhus podiceps, Lawkknce, Haiiil's Diids N. Am., 185S, 808.— Baiiu), Cat. 



N. Am, Birds, 1S50, No. 70!).— CouES, Key, 1872, 338; Check List, 1873, No. 



014; Birds N.W., 1871^ 737.— Henshaw, 1875, 490. 



This common Grebe wa.s a resident species in all suitable localities. 



List of specimens. 



26i, jur.; Truckee River (Camp 2G), November IS, 18C7. 15— 22— 5.i — 4— l-j-'g— 

 13— (?)—(?)• ]>ill, liorn-color, beoomins' blackisli l)a.sally and on tlie ciibnen ; lower man- 

 dil>!e, more lilaceoiis, with a dusky lateral stripe; iris, of three distinct colors, dis- 

 posed in concentric rings, the first (around the pnpil) clear milk-white, the ue.xt dark 

 olive-brown, the outer i)ale ocliraceous brown, the dark ring roti(!ulated into the lighter; 

 tarsi and toes, greenish slate, the Joints darker. 



454, 9rtrf.; Car.son City, :March 24, 1SG8. 13.j— 21:^— 5— ".A. Bill, clear opacine 

 wliite, or milk-white, purest posterior to a black band across its terminal third, the 

 anterior portion with a strong tinge of slaty-blue; eyelids, pure white; lores, more 

 Dluisli ; iris, ri('h dark brown, with a narrow outer ring of ochraceonswhite, the two 

 colors reticulated together; next the pupil, a fine thread-like ring of white; tarsi and 

 toes, greenish slate-black on the outer side, plumbeous on the iuuer side. 



