290 PODICIPES. 



black, tinged green. — In winter: Crown and hind neck brown, chin white. 

 Distinguished from P. fluviatilis by having the secondaries white throughout in 

 adults, and the black on chin and sides of face less extended. India, Ceylon, 

 and Burma. Nest usually floating. Four or five eggs (l-39x0'99), white 

 discoloured. (J. 975. B. 1617.) 



329. Podicipes albescens. 



(J 7J". Legs greenish. Bill black. Forehead and fore part of crown black. 

 Hind part of crown, nape, and foreneck chestnut (the collar is unlike that of any 

 known species). Above white, with dark shaft stripes. Secondaries white, with 

 dark shaft stripes. A single specimen obtained by the late Mr. Mandelli in Sikkim. 

 Considered by many to be a partial albino of P. albipennis. (B. iv. 476.) 



330. Podicipes pbilippensis. 



(J 9|". Legs blackish grey. Bill black, whitish at tip. Differs from P. ^awa- 

 iilis in having the rufous of face continued right up to the eye and over greater 

 part of the throat. Chin and upper throat blackish. Breast and abdomen silvery 

 white, slightly mottled blackish. Inner secondaries with inner webs and tips 

 white, rest of outer webs brown. S. China, ranging to Burma, Philippines, and 

 Borneo. (B. M. Cat., xxvi. 511.) 



331. Podicipes capensis. 



$ 9 J". Legs black. Bill black above, orange below. Differs from P. fluvia- 

 tilis in having basal portion of primaries and almost entire webs of secondaries 

 white with white shafts. Madagascar and Africa, across S.W. Asia to India, 

 Burma, and Ceylon. (B.M. Cat., xxvi. 513.) 



Also P. flumaiilis. 9 J". The Little Grebe or Dabchick. Chestnut on sides of head separated 

 from hinder margin of eye by a wide blackish tract. Under parts mostly black. C. and S. 

 Europe, ranging into C. Asia and Japan. 



P. tricolor. 9 J". With chin blackish, throat and feathers below eye chestnut, below mostly 

 black. From Borneo and Celebes to New Guinea. 



P. novce hollandice, 9i". Chin and throat black. Foreneck sooty. Band from eye down 

 side of neck chestnut. Java, Australia, and New Guinea. 



P. pelzelni. 9i". Chin, throat, and foreneck white. Chestnut patch on each side of nape. 

 From Madagascar. 



P. dominicus. 8J". Chin and throat black. Sides of head and neck uniform grey. From 

 C. and S. America and W. Indies. 



Also with long Tudr-like feathers on each side of head: — 



P. poliocephalus. 9J". Breast and below silvery white. From Australia and Tasmania. 



P. rufipectus. 11". Chest chestnut. Inner primaries and secondaries tipped dark brown. 

 From New Zealand. 



P. americanus. llj". Ear-coverts white, breast and below rufous. From S. America. 



Also the genus Podilymiics, or Thick-billed Grebes. With feathers of forehead bristly. 

 Males much larger than females. One species, viz. — 



P. podicipes. S 14". 9 12". The Pied-billed Grebe. From N. and S. America. 



Also the genus .tEchmophoms. With culmen slightly upturned. Nuptial and winter 

 plumage alike. Two species, viz. — 



^. major. 26". Chin and throat dark grey. From S. America. 



.^. ocddentalis. S 26i". V 18J". From N. America. (B. M. Cat., zxvi. 5 7-558.) 



Also the family COLYMBID.ffi. Divers or Loons. 



Hind toe on a level with others. Anterior toes united by a web. Short tail of eighteen or 

 twenty stifif feathers. Primaries eleven. 



