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139; (5) W. Bias., Z. ges. Orn. 1886, 204; (6) Salvad., Orn. Pap. Agg. 1891, 213; 

 (7 J M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresden 1894, Nr. 4, p. 3. 



b. Podiceps minor (nee G-m.); (1) Scbl., Mus. P.-B., Urinat., 1867, 45, part.; (2) Rosenb., 



Malay. Arcbip. 1878, 279; (3) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 145; ? (4) Eibbe, Jb. Ver. Erdk. 

 Dresden 1892, 174. 



c. Podiceps minor var. tricolor (1) Briigg. , Abb. Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 98. 



d. Podiceps gularis (nee Gld.); (1) Rosenb. , Zool. Gart. 1881, 167; (2) id., Reistogt. in 



G-orontalo 1865, 66; ? (3) Joest, Holontalo 1883, 106. 



e. Colymbetes tricolor (1) Heine &Rcbw. , Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 1890, 364. 

 "Maweres", Malay, Minabassa, Meyer b 3. 



"Wangel", Meyer, or "Bebek mudong", Nat. Coll., Minabassa. 



"Tangulele" or "Tongulele", Gorontalo, Rosenberg b 2, Joest d 3. 



For further synonymy and references cf. Salvadori 2. 



Descriptions. Gray a 1; Salvadori 2. 



Adult. Head above, bind neck, and upper parts blackisb, glossed witb an indistinct 

 colour; re mi ges dull brown, wliitisb below on basal part of feathers and on under 

 wing-coverts; sides of rump ockraceous; face, ear-coverts, tbroat, and sides 

 of neck chestnut, on chin blackish; remaining under parts dusky, on sides as 

 dark as the upper surface, on breast and abdomen varied with wood-brown; bare 

 skin around the gape and at base of lower mandible yellow; "iris carmine-red; bill 

 black . . .; feet grey-green": Fischer 4 (adult, Main, Minabassa, 16. Feb. 1894: 

 Nat. Coll. — C 13269). 



Young. Face and neck striped with black and white; fore neck white varied with pale 

 chestnut; some of the feathers of the crown with chestnut bases; breast and ab- 

 domen greyish white (juv. Mam, Feb. 1894: Nat. Coll. — C 13271). 



Another young example (apparently about a week older) from the same spot, 

 has a triangular patch of white on the crown, bordered behind with chestnut; jugulum 

 dusky; breast and abdomen white tinged with buff; bill, and legs and feet yellowish 

 (C 13272). 



Measurements (4 adults from N. Celebes). "Wing (over the arc) 103 — 112 mm, (straight) 

 88 — 102; tail (feathers bair-hke) ca. 25; tarsus 38; middle toe with claw ca. 48; 

 exposed culmen 22 — 26.5. 



Egg. Yellowish white (doubtless through discoloration); length 36 mm, breadth 24.5 (Ternate: 

 Pleske 4). 



Distribution. Papuasia: — ? New Guinea and Aru (v. Rosenberg 6), Kei (v. Rosenberg b l); 

 Moluccas: — Coram (v. Rosenberg 6, ? Ribbe b 4), Amboina (Hoedt b Ij, Bura 

 (Wallace 1), Ternate and Halmahera (Bernst., etc. b 1, 1, 6); Celebes: — Minabassa 

 (Meyer b 3, v. Musschenbroek and Nat. Coll. in Dresd. Mus.), Gorontalo Distr. 

 (v. Rosenberg b 2, c 1, d 1, Riedel 5); Flores ("Wallace 7); Timor ("Wallace 1, 

 S. Miiller b 1). 



In the Island of Celebes this Grebe is at present known only from the 

 Northern Peninsula, where it breeds, as is proved by two young specimens killed 

 when incapable of flight before us. At Lake Lino, Minabassa, Meyer encountered 

 it in large flocks in May, 1871. Its eggs have recently been obtained in Ternate 

 by Fischer, as shown above, and it appears probable that it is a resident in 

 all parts of the Archiijelago where it occurs. In winter the Little Grebe of 

 Europe and Asia, P. minor (Gm.), often called P.phUippensis (Bonn.) in Eastern 

 and Southern Asia, is not unlikely to occur in Celebes, as it has been recorded 



