rODILYMDUS PODICEPS G43 



PODILYMBUS PODICEPS 



Tliick-biilod Oi-«-Im>. 



Coh/iiihn.i [HxlkcpH, LiNN., Sy.st. Niit, I, 17(J(!, L'lio. 



rodih/nihus podiceps, LAWRENCE, Baiitl's Birds N. Am., 1858, 808.— Baird, Cat. 



N. Am. P.iids, 1859, No. 709.— CouES, Key, 1872, 338; Clicck List, 1873, Xo. 



()M; Birds N.W., 1874, 737.— Hensiiaw, 1875, 49(). 



Tliis common Grel:)0 was a resident species in all siritablo localities. 

 Lixt of specimens. 



26i,juv.; Truckee River (Camp 2G), November IS, 18C7. 15— 22— 5A— 4— 1^^— 

 Ig — (?)— (1). Bill, lioru-color, becoming blackisli basally and on the culmen ; lower man- 

 dible, more lilaceous, with a dusky lateral stripe; iris, of three distinct colors, dis- 

 posed in concentric rings, the first (around the pupil) clear milk-white, the next dark 

 olive-brown, the outer pale ochraceous brown, the dark ring i-eticulated into the lighter; 

 tarsi and toes, greenish-slate, the Joints darker. 



454, 9rt//.; Carson City, March 24, 18GS. 131—213—5—3^. Bill, clear opatitie 

 white, 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 

 Dluish; iris, rich dark brown, with a narrow outer ring of ochraceous-white, the two 

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

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



