Ordee ANSERES.] [F AM . PODICIPID^E . 



PODICEPS CRISTATUS. 



(GREAT CRESTED GREBE.) 



Colymbus cristatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 222 (1766). 

 Colymbus urinator, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 223 (1766). 

 Podiceps cristatus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 780 (1790). 

 Colymbus comutus, Pall. Zoogr. Eosso-Asiat. ii. p. 353 (1811). 

 Lophaithyia cristata, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 72 (1829). 

 Podiceps mitratus, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 953 (1831). 

 Podiceps patagiatus, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 955 (1831). 

 Podiceps longirostris, Bonap. Faun. Ital., Ucc. p. 18 (1832-41). 

 Podiceps australis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1844, p. 135. 

 Podiceps hectori (var.), Buller, Essay on N.-Z. Orn. p. 19 (1865). 



Ad. supra nigricans, remigibus brunnescentibus, minimis albis : pilei plumis utrinque elongatis, fascias duas 

 erectas forniantibus : loris et linea superciliari angusta cum facie laterali gulaque albis : regione oculari, 

 collo laterali guttureque cristatis, ferrugineis, nigro marginatis : corpore subtiis argentescenti-albo, late- 

 ribus brunneis : rostro cinerascenti-brunneo, versus apicem pallidiore : pedibus olivascenti-nigris : iride 

 coccinea. 



Adult male. Crown, hind neck, and general upper surface, as well as the sides of the body, blackish brown, 

 slightly glossed with green ; a streak in front of the eyes, the throat, sides of the head and lower part 

 of fore neck fulvous white ; underparts of the body silvery white, stained deeply on the sides of the 

 breast and slightly in front with chestnut. The feathers of the nape are produced in soft filamentous 

 plumes, forming two black occipital crests, nearly 2 inches in length ; the corresponding plumage of 

 the neck is developed in a similar manner, forming a thick ruff of a beautiful silky texture, bright chest- 

 nut in its anterior portion and then jet black ; on the neck below there is a wash of the same bright 

 chestnut. The primary qudls are greyish brown, with black shafts, the webs stained more or less and 

 tipped with pale rufous ; secondaries pure white, excepting the outermost ones, which are black on their 

 exposed webs and are largely marked with rufous ; bastard quills pure white ; outer wing-coverts greyish 

 brown; secondary coverts much produced and almost black; edges and lining of wings white, with 

 rufous stains. Irides red; bill dark brown, yellowish along the lower edge and at the tip of the lower 

 mandible ; legs and feet olivaceous black tinged with green on the edges and near the joints ; claws 

 greenish black, with a pectinate edge of transparent horn-colour. Total length 22 inches ; wing, from 

 flexure, 7 - 5 ; bill, along the ridge 2 - 4, along the edge of lower mandible 3 ; tarsus 2" 75 ; longest toe 

 and claw 3 - 25. 



Female. Similar to the male in plumage, and adorned in the same manner with ruff and crest. 



Young. Crown of the head and nape black, with dull steel-reflections ; the feathers of the forehead and 

 those immediately over the eyes tipped with white; hind part of neck, back, and general upper 



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