156 BIEDS. 



compressed, black, tipped with yellow; crests and ruffs 

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

 abundant. 



4. C. auritus, (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/L YMBUS, 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 carolinensis, Lath.) 



