822 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



within greenish-yellow. Length 22 inches ; wing 7£ ; bill at front 

 2f ; tarsus 2 ; middle toe 2f . 



The young bird has the head brown, the crest undeveloped ; 

 face and ears white, bordered with a rusty collar, and a much 

 smaller bill. 



The Crested Grebe has been occasionally killed in the Sunder- 

 bunds, and brought to Calcutta. It is among Hodgson's Birds of 

 Nepal in Gray's list, but no specimen appears to have been sent. It 

 also occurs in Sindh, and the Punjab. It is an in habitantof the greater 

 part of temperate Europe, breeding in Britain, and is also found in 

 many parts of Asia and America. It is said to be three years before 

 attaining its full plumage ; and the young bird was long thought to 

 be a distinct species. The eggs are three or four in number, of a 

 greenish-white, and the nest a floating mass of weeds. 



Other species are adorned with various tufts of feathers, viz., P. 

 comutus, and P. auritus, both from Northern Europe ; and there 

 are many others in all parts of the world. 



The smaller species are separated by Bonaparte under the name 

 of Tachybaptes of Reichenbach. 



975. Podiceps Philippensis, Gmelin. 



Blyth, Cat. 181 G— Jerdon, Cat. 392 and 393— Stkes, Cat. 

 22G— PI. Enl. 905— 945— P. minor, Gmelin— Gould, Birds of 

 Europe, pi. 392 ? ChuraJca, H. of Falconers — Dubari, Beng. — 

 Pandub, H. also Pan-tirri, and Dub-dubi in various parts of 

 India — Munu-gudi-kodi, Tel. 



The Little Grebe. 



Descr. — Head above and the back of the neck dark sepia-brown, 

 or black tinged with green ; upper plumage generally glossy brown- 

 black tinged with green ; the sides of the rump fulvous ; quills more 

 or less white at the base, the first sis quills almost all pale brown ; 

 secondaries with only a little brown on the outer webs : chin and 

 base of the lower mandible glossy black ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and 

 sides of the neck bright chesnut ; breast brown mixed with 

 whitish or glossy blackish-grey ; belly silky-white, the flanks 

 brown. 



