TACHYBAPTUS. 



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Figr. IG. — To illustrate the foot of a Givbe. 



50. Tacliybaptus brachyrhynclius. 

 Short-billed Grebe. 



Podiceps Ijra cliyrhynclins Chapm. Bull. Amei\ Mus. xii. p. 255, 1899 

 (Matto Grosso) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Aiuer. i. p. 27, ao. 268, 

 1912. 



Cohjmhus dominicus Cab. in Sehomb. Reis. Guiana, iii. p. 7G5, 18-18. 



Podicfys dominicus Salvin, Ibis, 188G, p. 181 ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 520, 1898 (British Guiana). 



Adult. General colour above and below dark brown ; paler on 

 the hinder face and grey on the lores ; a line below the eye and 

 chin while ; flight-quills for the most part white with brown on 

 the outer webs and at the ti])s ; tlie feathers of the under surface 

 tipped with silky white ; iixiilarics, under wing-coverts, aud 

 greater part of the quill-lining wliito. 



Total length 1C5 mm., culmeii I'.), wing 1)0, tarsus 'M, niiddle 

 toe and claw 4-4. 



Tlic mai(! and fcmalo arc similar Ijolh in size and coloration. 



The McConnoJl c<dleclion does not possess an exami»le of this 

 species, and the dcseiijif ion is taken from a specimen in the 



