138 rODICIPEDID^. 



Genus ^CHMOPHORUS, Goues. 



^chmophorns major (Bodd.). 

 (Plate XI. fig. 9.) 



vEchmophoiug major, Scl. ^ Suds. Argent. Om. ii. p. 202 (1889) ; 

 Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 213 ; James,- Ifeto List of Chilian Birds, 

 p. 13 (1892) ; Cfrant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 549 (1898) ; Sharpe, 

 HandrL i. p. 115 (1899). 



The three eggs of the Great Grebe in the Collection measure 

 respectively : 2-15 by 1-4 ; 1-8 by 1-2 ; 1-77 by 1-25. 



2. Central Chile. Berkeley James Coll. 



1. Paraguay. A. K. MacKinnon, Esq. [P.]. 



.ffichmophorus occidentalis (Lawr.). 



iEchmophorus occidentalis, Baird, Brewer S/- Ridgw. Water Birds 

 N. Am. ii. p. 421 (1884) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 551 

 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 115 (1899). 



jEchmophorus occidentjilis clarkii, Baird, Breiver 8/- Midgw. torn. cit. 

 p. 423. 



The eggs of the Western Grebe vary from 2-22 to 2-38 in length, 

 and from 1'5 to 1-6 in breadth. 



1. North America {Smiths. Inst). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Shoal Lake, Canada (2). Gunn : Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Semshaio Coll.). 

 1. Shoal Lake, Canada (Z). Gunn: Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Henshaw Coll.). 



Genus PODILTMBUS, Less. 



Podilymbus podicipes (Linn.). 



Podilymbus podiceps, Scl. Sr Sale. Ibis, 1859, p. 234; Baird, Brewer ^ 



Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 440 (1884). 

 Podilvmbus podicipes. Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 553 (1898) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 115 (1899). 



The eggs of the Thick-billed Grebe measure from 1-62 to 1-75 in 

 length, and from 1*13 to 1'2 in breadth. 



2. North America. Old Collection. 



3. Winnibago, Illinois, 5th June Salviu-Godman Coll. 



(J. W. Tolman; Henshaw Coll.). 



4. Duenas, Guatemala, 2nd June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. Salvin). 



