156 BIRDS. 



compressed, black, tipped with yellow; crests and ruffs 

 very large; L. 14; W. 6; B. 3f . ■ Northern hemisphere, 

 abundant. 



4. P. auritus, (L.) var. californicus, (Heerm.) Coues. 

 Eaeed Geebb. Crest in the form of ear tufts; front of 

 neck black; bill depressed; L. 12. Western, E. to Ills. 



2. PODILYMBUS, Lesson. Dab - Chick. 

 1. P. podiceps, (L.) Lawr. Dibdappee. Hbli-Ditbe. 

 Watee Witch. Pied - Billed Gebbb. Chiefly brown - 

 ish gray; silvery ash below; bill bluish, with dark band; 

 young and winter plumage different, but the bird 

 resembles nothing else; L. 14; W. 5; B. 1. Whole of 

 America, abundant. (JPodiceps carolinensis, Lath.) 



