PODICIPID.K — THE (iUEBES — DYTES. 



431 



(taineil 



, some 



olong- 



uht'S to 



r ill the 



; which 



unable 



lifferont 

 nuature 

 Early 

 yinovith, 

 1 is still 

 lostou. 

 joasts of 

 •{.'. nearly 



eil lliver 

 I solitary 

 state the 

 . inclined 

 I unpalat- 



orhood of 

 Lniong the 

 ctle above 

 Lit only at 

 to leave 

 cubation 

 wet grass 

 tant. Ill 

 len ; ami 

 roaeh, but 

 is always 



Uae an<l 

 )y Mr. S. 

 lamlet; at 

 us west of 



liake by 



11 found it 

 iij) as Fort 

 lichardson 

 ere it was 



Gkxis BYTES, K.uv. 



Pylis, Kai'I", Sk. Kilt. I'm. TliiiTw. 18'J'.», lii (type, t^l/!|lllllllSl■lH^lllltlln,^',>,tl:^,. = C.uul^i/lLs, Linn.). 

 I'rm'ldpu^ Kait, I. c. (tyi»', J'odiaps iiiijricidiiti, Hrkiim). 

 Olodijlea, Ukicii. iSy.st. Xiit. Isna, p. iii (saiiK.' type). 



Chak. Size small (wing r).(K) to (i.OO iiiclies) ; lurk iiiiicli shorter than the body ; hill iniicli 

 shorter than tlm head, the cuhiieii e<iual Id alioiit three to three ami a halt' times the liasal depth ; 

 tarsus about as Ihiil; as the michlle toe without the claw. Breediiig-i)luuiuj,'e uruaiueiited with 

 colored tuft.s and iwtches about the head. 



I), iivritii.t. 



Two well-marked species of this genus occur in North America, their characters being as 

 f'lillows : — 



1, 



D. auritus. Bill comiiressed (deeper tlian wide at the base). Brmlimj-idnmagc : Lower 



neck and Jugulum rufous; siilts of occiput with very full tuft of dense, soft, blended 



ochraceous feathers. Unit. Xorlheiii hemisphere. 

 2. D. nigricollis. Bill depressed (wider than deep at the base), lliyrtli'iifi-plumngf ■ Lower 



neck and jugulum blaidv ; sides of head behind eyes with a tuftdike patch of slender 



ncieular ochraceous feathers. 

 a. Three or four inner ])riniaries mostly or entirely white. Ifdh. Pala.>arctic Begion, 



and Grei^dand. Ni<iricuUi>!. 

 0. Inner primaries with inner webs wholly dusky ; colors decidedly duller, and bill 



slenderer, llab. Western North America. Cali/nnili-m. 



mble those 

 to 2.55 ill 



