PODICIPES. 



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(ii.) With breast and belly silvery white. 

 327. Podicipes nigricoUis. The Eared Grebe. 



With black neck ; from niger + collum. 



$ 13"; 1 lb. 5 12", Legs greenish. Bill, from gape 1-2", curved upwards, 

 Hack. — In summer: Broad streak of long, silky, orange-brown feathers behind 

 eye. Foreneck black. Sides and flanks streaked orange. Above brownish black. 

 Four inner primaries all white. — In winter : Eye-tuft wanting, and no rufous on 

 flanks. C. and S. Europe, Africa, through C. Asia to China and Japan. Eggs 

 (1-9 X M) green. (B. 1616. S.F. i. 266.) 



Also with foreneck blade : — 



F. californicMS. llj". Similar to P. nigricoUis, but with inner primaries ash-brown. From 

 N. and 0. America. 



Also with foreneck and chest chestnut : — 



P. auritus. 13J". The Solavonian Horned Grebe. With wide rufous band on each side of 

 the crown. Ciroumpolar, ranging to Mediterranean and Caspian Seas, Japan, and N. United 

 States. 



Also with foreneck white : — 



P. calipareus. lOJ". With forehead and crown pale brown. From S. America. 



P. juninensis. 11 J". With forehead and crown ashy. From Peru. 



P. taczanowskii. llj." With ear-coverts ashy, tinged golden. From C. Peru. 



Also loith breast and belly chestnut ; — 



P. rollandi. 14". With ear-coverts white, and long feathers on side of head white, with 

 black tips. From Falkland Isles. 



(iii.) With no long hair-like feathers on sides of head or ear-coverts. 

 328. Podicipes albipennis. The Dabchick or Indian Little Grebe. 

 Panturri, Churaka, /m&'a/ Dubari, Bengal; Manu-gudi-kodi (Telugu); Mukelepan, 

 Ceylon. 



(J 8'' to 9". Legs greenish. Bill from gape 1", decurved, black, with white 

 tip. Chin black. Cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of neck bright chestnut. Above 



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