AVES PODICIPEDID^E. 



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FIG. 44. 



FIG. 45. 



sEchmophorus major. 8633. Princeton University ALchmophorus major. 8633. Prince- 

 Collection. Adult male. Winter. Buenos Aires, ton University Collection. Adult male. 

 Profile of head and neck. % natural size. Winter. Buenos Aires. Detail of foot. 



Y^ natural size. 



Geographical Range. Central and Southern portion of South America. 

 Patagonia to the Straits of Magellan. 



The Princeton Expeditions to Patagonia procured but one representative 

 of this kind of grebe which is cited in full below. This bird appears to 

 have finished breeding. The material in the University Museum em- 

 braces six other individuals which together with that spoken of form the 

 basis for the foregoing descriptions. 



In speaking of this grebe as he met it in Patagonia, Mr. J. B. Hatcher 

 writes (MSS. notes) : "Found solitary or in pairs in lakes along the lower 

 Andes, far from the sea." 



