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432 THE DIVING lilUDS — PVUOPODES. 



Dytes auritus. 



THE HORNED GBEBE. 



Ciih/mhiis aurititH, Linn. S. N. «i1. l(t, I. 1758, V^r, ; cd. 12, I. 1700, 222. 



Jhjlis ititrilHK, liiiicw. Xoiii. N. Am. I!. 1^81, iio. 732. 



Cii/i/inhiis airiiiihin, (!Mi;r.. S. N. I. ii. 178S, .I'tl. 



I'oilia/M corn III i(.i, l.Aiii. In.l. Oni. II. 17!K1, 78:». — .Sw. & l!i<ii. F. R .\. II. 1831, 411. — Nirr. 



Mini. II. 1834, 2.''.4. — Aril. Oiii. IHog. III. \mr>, 42!t, j.l. 2.'.!» ; Syiioii. 18:{it, It,",? ; H. Am. 



VII. 1844, aiO, 111. 481. — I.AWU. ill Ilaiiil's IJ. N. Am. 1858, 8!t5. — lUiuK, Cat. N. Am. Ii. 



185it, no. 7iH). — Coli-.s, Key, 1872, ^37; (lark List, 1873, no. Oil ; uil. 2, 1882, no. 848 ; 



Hinls N. \V. 1874, 731. 

 Ciihjmhus ohHcurus, G.Mia,. S. N. I. ii. 178S, 5ii2. 



Ci'li/mhiis aispicts, S. C. Omki,. Ucisc, IV. 1774-1781, 137. — <!mki,. .S. N. 1. ii. 1788, 593. 

 I'uiliccjis biainii.i, BiiKllM, Voj,'. Dfutsilil. 1831, DO, |)1. 44, lig. 4. 



Had. NDi-tlicrii liuniispliere in },'(MiL'ial. Breeds in the Xortlieru United Stuti^s and nortliwiuil. 



Sr. Chak. Adult, brvediiig-jtlHiiMije : Head generally, includinj,' the tlnll'y tul'trt on each side of 



the upjier neek, slightly {^lo.ssy dull greenish black, becoming gradually dull sooty slate on the 



forehead ; loivs dull ochracrous-rufous, coninuinicating willi 

 a broad .sujierciliary Btripe of bright ochraceous, which con- 

 tinues, gradually \.idening, to the sides of the occiput ; fmc- 

 neck rich rufous. Upper jtarts dusky, the feathers sonietinics 

 witli indistinctly ])aler margins ; secondaries chielly or entirely 

 wliiti'. Lower jiarts ■white, the sides mixed chcstnnt-rufous 

 1111(1 grayish dusky. " I'.ill bluish black, its tip yellow ; short 

 loral space bright earmiiie, as is the iris, its inner iniiigiii 

 white ; edges of eyelids grayish blue ; feet dusky e.xternally, 

 internally, and on anterior and iiosterior ridges of the tarsus 

 dull yellow ; claws dusky" (.Vi'Diitox). Winter ithuwuji : 

 Pileuiii, na]i(', and sides of tlie jiiguluni smoky slate ; iiiidei' 

 jiart and sides of the head, lores, ami lower )iarts generally, 

 while ; jiiguliiin faintly shaded with jiale grayish, uiid sides 

 clouded with dark grayish. Uj'iier jiails as in the sumiiier 

 ]iliimage, but more slaty. " Hill idiiish gray, as is the bare loral space ; the eye bright carmine, 

 witli ail inner white eilge ; the feet bluish gray" (Arnruox). Duu-inj ij'iiukj (Juilf-ijrinni): 

 I'ileuni and nape dusky; sides of the head with two dusky stri]ies and several irregular spots of 

 the same color ; throat with a dusky streak on each side. Otherwise similar in color to the winter 

 jduinage. 



Total length, about 14.75 inches ; extent, 25.50 ; wing, 5.75 ; culmeii, 1.00 ; tarsus, 1.75. 



This spi'c'ie.s, variouKly known among autlinrs as the "Ilornt'd Grolio,"' the "Dii.sky 

 Grid)('," and tlu; " Sclavonian Grobo," is coiuinon to tlio northern jiortions of botli 

 continents, and is I'onnd on the Pacific coast as far north at least as Vancouver, and 

 to CJreenland on the eastern. It is efjually eoninion in the northern jiortions el' 

 Europe and Asia in the summer, wandering in the winter farther south. It is rather 

 a rave bird in Great IJritain during tlie summer, but is of more freciuont ajipearaneo 

 in the -winter, freciuenting the coast and the marshy districts; and is not nncomiiKiii 

 in Ireland during the same season. It has been said to be resident in Scotland ;ill 

 the year, but there is no recent evidence of the fact. Mr. Dunn found it extrenu'ly 

 rare in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, only noticing seven or eight. He describes 

 it as being a very shy bird and a most expert diver — frequenting the s((a, but 

 always reiuaining close to the rocks. When alarmed it dives to a great distance, aiul 

 on coming to the surface immediately takes wing. 



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