566 BIRDS — PODICIPID^. 



Genus PODICEPS. Latham. 



Bill slendei or moderately stout, paiagnathons, acnte. Nostrils narrow or linear, 

 Loral bare strip narrow. Frontal feathers normal. Tarsus generally but little, if any, 

 shorter than the middle toe — at least three-fourths as long. Semipalmation of toes 

 moderate. Lobe of hallus broad. Usually conspicuous crests or ruffs during the breed- 

 ing season. 



PoDicEPS GRiSEiGENA (Bodd.) Gray. 



var. HOLBOLLi (Reinh.) Coues. 



I!.ed-iiecked Grrebe, 



Podwepa rubncollis, Kirtland, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 166, 187. 



Podioepa griseigma, Whbaton, Ohio Agrio. Eep. for 1860, 371 ; Reprint, 1861, 13. 



Podieeps griseigena, var. IwlholU, Wheaton, Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Eep.for 1874, 



574; Eeprint, 1875, 15. — LanGDON, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877*, 18; Revised List, Jonrn. 



Gin. Soo. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 189 ; Reprint, 23. 



Coh/mMa griseigma, BODDiERT, Tab. PI. El., 55. 

 Podioeps griseigena, Gray, Gen. of Bkds, iii, 633. 

 Podieeps holiolU, Rheesthart, Ibis, iii, 1861, 14. 

 Podic^s griseigena var. holbolU, Coues, Key, 1872, 327. 

 Podioeps rubrieolUs, Bonaparte, Syn., 1828, 417. 



Tarsus about four-fifths the middle toe and claw ; bill little shorter than tarsus ; crests 

 and rnff moderately developed. Length, about 18 ; wing, 7-8 ; bill, If to nearly 2 ; tar- 

 sus, 3 ; middle toe and claw, 2f . Adult : — Front and sides of neck rich brownish-red ; 

 throat and sides of head ashy, whitening where it joins the dark color of the crown, the 

 feathers slightly ruffed ; top of head with its slight occipital crest, upper-parts generally, 

 and wings dark-brown, the feathers of the back paler edged ; primaries brown ; part of 



PODICEPS CEISTATUS (L.) Lath. 



Crested. Grrelie. 

 Podieeps oriatatus, Kirtland, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 166, 187. — Whbaton, Ohio Agric. 

 Eep. for 1860,371; Eeprint, 1861, 13; Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agrio. Rep. for 

 1874, 574 ; Eeprint, 1875, 15.— Lansdon, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 18; EevisedList, 

 Jouin. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 189 ; Eeprint, 23. 



CoVymbiiB cristatua, Linn^us, Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 222. 

 Podieeps oriatatua, Latham, Ind. Orn., ii, 1790, 78. 



I was not less ■ surprised than most amateur ornithologists by the assertion of Dr. 

 Brewer (BuU. Nuttall Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 52), respecting this species, that " not a spec- 

 imen is in existence of American origin, and that there is no authentic record of the ' 

 capture of a single specimen in America. Every specimen that has been referred to this 

 species, when in existence, proved to be either immature examples of P. griaeigena, or 

 to be foreign examples." On investigation the four or five supposed instances of its 

 capture in this State, all proved to be', as Dr. Brewer says, immature Eed-uecked Grebes, 

 while the only skin of a Crested Grebe which I could obtain for comparison (kindly 

 lent me by Dr. Jasper), and which was labeled Labrador, was almost as unquestionably 

 an European bird. 



