138 PODICIPEDID^. 



Genus JECHMOPHORUS, Coucs. 



JEchmophorus major (Bodd.). 

 (Plate XI. fig. 9.) 



yKchmophorus major, Scl. fy Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 202 (1889) ; 

 Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 213 ; James, Neiv List of Chilian Birds, 

 p. 13 (1892); Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 549 (1898) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 115 (1899). 



The three eggs of the Great Grebe in the Collection measure 

 respectively : 2-15 by 1-4; 1-8 by 1-2; 1-77 by 1-25. 



2. Central Chile. Berkeley James Coll. 



1. Paraguay. A. K. MacKinnon, Esq. [P.]. 



-ffichmophorus occidentalis (Lawr.). 



^Echmophorus occidentalis, Baird, Braver fy Ridgw. Water Birds 

 N. Am. ii. p. 421 (1884) : Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 551 

 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 115 (1899). 



^Echmophorus occidentalis clarkii, Baird, Breiver $ Ridgw. torn. cit. 

 p. 423. 



The eggs of the Western Grebe vary from 2'22 to 2-38 in length, 

 and from 1*5 to 1-6 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Shoal Lake, Canada (D. Gunn : Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Henshaw Coll.). 

 1 . Shoal Lake, Canada ( D. Gunn : Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Henshaw Coll.}. 



Genus PODILYMBUS, Less. 



, Podilymbus podicipes (Linn.). 



Podilymbus podiceps, Scl. $ Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 234; Baird, Brewer fy 



Ridyw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 440 (1884). 

 Podilymbus podicipes, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 553 (1898) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 115 (1899). 



The eggs of the Thick-billed Grebe measure from 1-62 to 1-75 in 

 length, and from 1*13 to 1-2 in breadth. 



2. North America. Old Collection. 



3. Winnibago, Illinois, 5th June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( J. W. Tolman ; Henshaw Coll. ). 



4. Duenas, Guatemala, 2nd June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. Salvin). 



