BIRDS. PIXNATIPEDES. 46. Podiceps. 65 



black line, with a white one above it : primary quills dusky, fome 

 of the inner-ones tipt with white : legs dusky or greenish. 



219. P. auritu*. Blackish-brown, breast and belly white: 

 ears with an orange tufl : sides dull ferruginous. 



2. Head and tufts brown : sides of the head white : neck he fore 

 and sides white with ferruginous fpots. 

 Eared Grebe, Dr. Zool. t. 79. Leiuin t. 198. Donov. t. 29. 



Length 12 inches : extent 22 : weight 



Bill black, reddish at the bafc : iris red : head ^ and neck black : 

 wings with a white band and edge near the first joint : legs dusky 

 or dull green. 



220. P. obscurus. Dusky-brown, beneath white : from 

 the bill to the eyes a bald reddish or brown stripe .- 

 edge of the wings and middle quill-feathers white. 



Dusky Grebe. Br. Zool.t. 7%. Leiuin t. 199. Donov.l.\. 



Length 11 inches : extent 20: weight 



Bill blackish, with a red or flesh-colour edge : iris red : ckeeta 

 in some ferruginous : front often white : primary quilts dusky ; legs 

 dusky green, fometimes fpotted between them. 



221. P. Cornutus. Head crested, tumid, black with a 

 tinge of green : from the bill through the eyes a 

 dull orange bar: under part of the neck bright 

 chcsnut. 



Horned Grebe. Sloan Jam. t. 271. /. i. Montague Diet. 

 Length 13 inches and a half: extent 22 : weight 



Rill dusky: iris and lores crimfon : round the pupil a circle of 

 white : cheeks and throat with a blackish-green ruff: from the bill 

 a broad orange stripe forming a tuft on each side the hind-head : 

 front dark ferruginous : body above dark brown mixed with ferru- 

 ginous and grey : inner-quills white : chin black, a little mixed 

 with white : belly and vent glossy white: legs dusky on the- out- 

 side, pale within. 



292. -Pj-rubricollis. Head slightly crested : body above 

 deep brown: cheeks and chin pale cinereous: forepart 

 of the neck red ferruginous : belly and secondary 

 quills whi'e. 



2. Head fmoothy black : neck mixed with dusky on the fore-part; 

 belly mottled with dusky. 



3. A white band across, the lower part of the neck. . 

 Red-necked Grebe. Lewin t. 200. Donovan t. 6. H'alcot t. 103. 



Length 18 inches : extent 2 feet 4 : weight 



Bill black, yellowish towards the bafe : iris orange : lores brown 

 or blackish : cheeks and part of the neck light grey : breast mixed 

 ferruginous and dusky : sidts with dusky marks : wings with a 

 white band : legs dusky. 



223. P. minor. Reddish-brown, breast and belly silvery- 

 white mottled with grey : cheeks pale ferruginous : 

 fore-part of the neck grey : lowest part of the rumji 

 and spot on the wings silvery- white. . 



Didapper, Da.bch.ick. Ltwin t. 201.,, Donovan t f $&, JFalcot ..105. 



Length 10 inches.: extent 17 inches : weight 6-7 ounces. 



Bill brown : iris red-hazel : cheeks in the youhg bird and female 

 light grey, and the plumage with a less mixture of ferruginous : 

 quills dusky, the inner-webs of the lesser white ; legs dirty green. 



28k P. titbndicus. Blackish, chin black : fore-part of 

 the neck ferruginous, hind-part with a dusky mixture; 

 belly mixed silvery while and grey. 



