442 PODICIPEDIDiE. 



1. Podicipes californicus. 



Podiceps californicus, Heerman, Proc. Acad. Philad. vii. p. 179'; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 179 ^; 



Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 200 \ 

 Colymbus auritus (nee Linn.), Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 188*, 330 '. 

 Podiceps auritus, var. californicus, Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 319 '. 

 Colymbus nigricollis californicus, Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 179 ^ ; A. 0. U. Check-1. 



N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 2 \ 

 Bytes nigricollis californicus, Baird, Brewer, & Eidgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. ii. p. 434'. 

 Podicipes californicus, Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 535 ". 



Proctopus californicus, Sharpe, Hand-l. Birds, i. p. 114" ; Gates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. i. p. 136". 

 Podyceps cornutus (nee Lath.), Duges, La Nat. i. p. 142 ". 



Ad. in jjtil. Mem. Supra uigricans, subtus sericeo-albus ; facie lateral! postioa et gutture imo grisescentibus ; 

 corporis lateribus quoque griseo lavatis ; hypoohondriis nigricantioribus ; primariis cinerascenti-brunneis, 

 intimis et secundariis exterioribus albo terminatis, secundariis reliquis pure albis. Long, tota circa 11"5, 

 alse 5-1, culm. 1-0, tarsi 1-5. (Descr. avis adultse ex Duefias. Mus. nostr.) 



Ftil. cestiv. Supra nigricans, subtus sericeo-albus, corporis lateribus saturate vinaceo-castaneis ; pileo cristato, 

 facie laterali, gutture et praepectore toto nigris, his vix schistaceo adumbratis ; fascia lata auriculari ab 

 oculo postico orta aureo-flava, postice aurantiaca : rostro plumbescenti-nigro, apice flavo ; loris oudia 

 coccineis ; pedibus fusois, tarso antice et postice sordide flavis ; iride coccinea, intus albo marginata ; 

 palpebris grisescenti-cyaneis. Long, tota circa ll'O, alse 5-1, culm, l-l, tarsi 1-6. (Descr. avis adultse ex 

 Cubulco. Mus. nostr.) 



Ilab. Northern and Western North America, from the Mississippi Valley west- 

 ward s. — Mexico^'*, Guaymas (PaZmer ^ ^ Kellett & Wood'^'^), Guanajuato and 

 Guadalajara {Bughs i^), Valley o£ Mexico {Herrera ^ ^, White ^ i°), Vera Cruz, 

 Laguna de Epatlan, Jalapa {Ferrari*Perez '^) ; Guatemala, Atitlan 5000 feet 

 {Bichardson ^''), Lake of Dueiias, Cubulco, Vera Paz {0. S.^ i**). 



This is the American form of the Eared Grebe of Europe, and is stated to be only a 

 winter visitor to Central America ; but specimens in full summer plumage have been 

 obtained in the Valley of Mexico and in Guatemala, , so that it is possible that the 

 species may breed there, though at present we have no direct evidence to that 

 effect. 



The habits of P. californicus are similar to those of other species of the genus. 



2. Podicipes dominicus. 



La Grebe de riviere de S. Domingue, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 64, t. 5. fig. 2 \ 



Colymbus dominicus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 223" ; v. Frantzius, J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 379 ' ; Ferrari- 

 Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus, ix. p. 180 * ; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 133 '; 

 A. 0. U. Check-1. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 2 \ 



Podiceps dominicus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 207 ' ; 1859, p. 369 " ; Salv. & Scl. Ibis, 1860, p. 278 ' ; 

 Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 373 '"; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 317 " ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 219"- 

 Cat. Strickl, Coll. p. 635 "; Ibis, 1889, p. 379"; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 234 ''; Baird', 

 Brewer, & Eidgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. ii. p. 438 ". 



SyWeocyclus dominicus, Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 319 " ; Bull. U. S. Nat Mus no 4 



p. 52'^ ' ■ • ' 



Pcdioeps dominicensisg Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 205 ". 



