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PODICIPES. 



Genus PODICIPES. 

 ^Tompodex, gen. pddlcis= the fundament, and^es=a foot. 



Bill straight, compressed. Nostrils long. Tarsus compressed, with large 

 scutellee in front, serrated behind. Hind toe bordered by web. 



(i.) With humeral feathers nearly pure white. 

 326. Fodicipes cristatus. The Great Crested Gebbb. 



$ 21" to U" ; 1\ to 3 J lbs. ? 20" ; 1\ lbs. Legs leaden. BiU, from gape 

 2-6", brown, tip white. Double black crest. Eed and black collar. White eye- 

 stripe. Lesser wing-coverts form a wide white band along edge of wing. — In 

 winter the crest is smaller. — Young: No crest, and collar rusty. Temperate parts 

 of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Nest usually afloat. Three 

 to four eggs (2-2 x 14), green. (J. 974. B. 1615.) 



Also with humeral feathers dark brown : — 



P. micropterus. 16". Breast and belly rufous, tipped silvery. Foreneok wliite. From S.Peru. 



P. griseigena. 18". The Red-necked Grebe. Breast and belly silvery white. No white 

 eye-stripe. Foreneck chestnut. From Europe and W. Asia, ranging to N. Africa. 



P. holboeli. 19". Similar to P. griseigena. From north of N. America, ranging to Greenland, 

 E. Siberia, N, United States, and Japan. 



Manora, 30.11.76. 



