LOBIPEDES — PODICIPID.<E — PODICEPS. 275 



THE CRESTED GREBE. 



PODICEPS CRISTATUS. 

 PLATE CXL. FIG. 306 (Immatube). 

 (STATE COLLECTION.) • 



Colymbus criatatus. Linnaeus, p. 222. 



Podiceps id. Latham. Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. N. Y. Vol. 2, p. 417. Richardson, F. . A. Vol. 2, p. 410. 



Nottall, Man. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 250. Audubon, B. of A. Vol. 7, p. 308, pi. 479. Giraue, 



Birds of Long island, p. 383. 



Characteristics. Crested : a broad ruff round the neck. Sides of the head and of the 

 body tinged with reddish. Female, no ruff ; brownish grey ; beneath 

 white. Length, 19 "0. 



Description. Bill straight, compressed, tapering, 2*5 long. Nostrils oval. Tibia wholly 

 feathered : tarsus much compressed. Two tufts of feathers on the head, and a large ruff or 

 frill on the sides and fore part of the neck above. Second quill longest. 



Color. Adult male : Brownish black, tinged with rufous above ; occipital tufts and the 

 ruff black, tinged with green ; upper portion of the ruff reddish brown ; chin and fore neck 

 white. Immature : Bill blackish, reddish brown at the base ; feet yellowish green ; chin, 

 neck, breast and abdomen greyish white, obscurely spotted with dusky ; ruff dull brown be- 

 neath, somewhat lighter above ; loral space dusky. 



Length, 18' 0-20-0. 



The Crested Grebe, or Dipper, is commonly found in secluded ponds and lakes in the in- 

 terior, although it is not unusual along the coast. Breeds in the higher latitudes. Eggs four, 

 of a uniform yellowish white. Ranges from Mexico to the 68th parallel. Common to Eu- 

 rope and America. 



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