PODICIPID.E — THE GKEBES — CULYMHU8. 



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but is 11 very iiuich larficr bird, tliu (liU'eruniH! in sizii beiiij,' nioruovir entirely constant, as will 

 appear I'roiii the Ibllowinf,' nieasureniunts : — 



411.- 

 JS, 3u7 ; 



9 major, 



, j'.m. H. 



Ac. Nat. 



Is N. W. 



in" 



south, 



tuft) and 



y whitish, 



iipper bor- 



i;k (except 



ineil above 

 but below 



tish of the 



dusky, the 

 margins ; 



lower parts 

 except on 

 ish ; sides 



lish. "Bill 



lit the base ; 

 lenish black 

 >r side, the 

 JAuDinoN). 

 y, the occi- 

 liei-s ; neck 

 ,r in front, 

 |\ninier pbi- 

 ■ipes — one 

 :r extending; 

 liort whitish 

 ferruKiiK'"*'- 



10 (avera^,'!'. 

 biO (i.W) ; 



lin plumat;c, 



Cnlincn. Di'litlinriiill. T.irsus. 

 2.0-2 .57 S.-W 



1..'):! .48 2.01! 



WiiiK. 



Average of 17 specimens of C. //o//)(i,7/t/ . . i.iiC) 



" 4 " C. (jrisi'gcHii . , 6.03 



Minimum of C //o/J(i://i/ 7.30 l.t!") .:,2 i.i't 



Maxinuim of C. crc'WY/i.'iirt 7.00 l.;"):') .50 2.15 



Examples from Eastern Asia appear to agree closely witli those from North America. For the 

 former the name ^^cuculkitm, Pall.,"' ha.s generally been used ; but upon turning t(j p. 355 of the 



Outer tot'. 

 2.7(i 

 2.;i5 

 2.50 

 2.40 



Winter tulidt {type of P. duipcri, Lawr). 



" Zoographia Rosso- Asiatica," we (in<l that Pallas did not know the bird from Eastern .Sibeiia, but 

 described, under the name cticullatiis, a specimen of the ordinary European species (C. (jrisajaui, 



UODD.). 



The Ecil-iicckcd Grebe of North America, though probably not identical speeifi- 

 eally with the European species, is closely allied to it both in appearance, mark- 

 ings, and habits ; but it is said to differ from that species in size, being larger and 

 stouter. It is distributed from the Jliddle .States nortlnviird; being most common in 

 the Fur Countries, where it breeds, and from which region it straggles southward in 

 the winter as far as the Chesapeake. So far as known, it does not breed to the south 

 of Calais, JFo. In Northern Maine and New I'runswick — especially in the region of 

 the St. Croix Iliver, as far south as St. Andrew — this species is found in considerable! 

 numbers, and is much more common in the spring and in the fall than it is in the 

 summer, many of these birds remaining in that region throughout the winter. A few 

 of them stay during the summer and breed ; but at tliat time they an^ present in 

 much fewer numbers than in winter. This Grebe has been observed to have the 

 same interesting peculiarities as the Horned Gndre and the Loon in regard to the 

 management of its young. As soon as these are hatched the mother takes them upon 

 her back, swims with them in tliis position, as if to sun them, and takes them with 

 licr under the water when diving for their food — feeding them with small fishes 

 and vegetable substances. 



This species is found as far west as the I'acific coast, and at least as far south as 

 Vancouver Island, where Mr. 11. Urowne obtained specimens. 'Sir. Bernard Ross 

 met with it on the Mackenzie River; and specimens have bi-en received by the 

 Smithsonian Institution from the Red River Settlement. 



A single specimen was obtained by Mr. Elliott on the Prybilof Islands ; it was the 

 only one seen during his residence there. It liad been observed before by the natives, 



