746 SYNOPSIS OF BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 
GENUS II.— PODICEPS, Lath.—GREBE. 
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487. Podiceps cristatus, Lath.— Crested Grebe. 
Bill, blackish brown, tinged with carmine; feet, greenish black, tinged 
with grayish blue; upper part of head and tufts, grayish black, tinged 
with green; sides of head and throat, white; fore neck, white, tinged 
with brown; breast, silvery white; sides, reddish brown, with dusky 
streaks ; upper parts, brownish. black ; sides of neck, and the rump, tinged 
with reddish; wing-coverts, grayish brown. Male, 24, 33. Habitat, 
throughout the whole country. Eggs, four,.2} by 14, yellowish white. 
Podiceps cristatus, Bonap. Syn. p. 417. Rich. § Swain. ii. 410. Mutt. iis 250. 
Aud. iii, 595; plate 292; Syn. p. 357. 
488. Podiceps rubricollis, Lath. —Red-neeked Grebe. 
Bill, brownish black, yellow at base ; tarsi and toes, greenish black ex- 
ternally, yellow on the inner side; upper. part of head, grayish black ; 
lower part, ash gray, with a white line from base of lower mandible ‘to 
beyond the eye; hind part of neck, and. upper parts, grayish black ; fore 
part and sides of neck, brownish red; breast and sides, silvery white, 
tinged with gray. Male, 18}, 32. Habitat, from New York to Fur 
Countries. Eggs, four, 2 by 14, greenish white. 
Podiceps rubricollis, Bonap. Syn. p. 417. Rich. & Swain. ii. 411. Mutt, ii. 253. 
Aud, iii. 617; v. 620; Syn. p. 357; plate 298. % 
489. Podiceps cornutus, Linn. — Horned Grebe. 
Bill, bluish black, yellow at tip; feet, dusky externally, dull yellow 
internally ; forehead, grayish brown ; upper part of head, bluist: black, as 
are the sides, fore neck, and ruff feathers ; broad band over eye, and elon- 
gated tufts behind, yellowish brown; fore neck, brownish red.; lower 
parts, white; sides, reddish brown; abdomen, dull gray; upper parts, 
brownish black, tinged with gray. Male, 14%, 254. Habitat, throughout 
North America. Nests near the edge of-fresh water. Eggs, five to seven, 
1% by 12, yellowish cream color. 
Podiceps cornutus, Bonap.. Syn. p. 417. Rich. & Swain. ii. All. Nutt. ii. 254, Aud 
iii. 4295 v. 423; Syn. p. 557 ;- plate 259, 
490. Podiceps auritus, Lath. — Eared.Grebe. 
Bill, bluish black; feet, dusky gray externally, greenish gray inter- 
nally ; tuft on. each side of head, orange; head and neck, deep black ; 
upper parts, brownish black ; wings, grayish brown, with a broad patch of 
white; lower parts, silvery white, except sides, which are light red: Adult, 
13. Habitat, rare, if ever, in. America. 
Podiceps auritus, Mutt. ii. 256, Aud. v. 108; plate 404; Syn. p. 358. 
491. Podiceps Carolinensis, Lath. — Pied-billed Dobchick. 
Bill, pale blue; feet, grayish black; upper part of head and throat: 
black ; neck and sides of head, light grayish brown ; lower parts of neck, 
grayish yellow; back, brownish black; breast, silvery. white ; abdomen, 
brownish gray ; sides, mottled with grayish brown. Male, 14, 23. Habi- 
tat, throughout North America. Nests near edge of fresh water. Eggs, 
five, 13 by 3, light greenish white. 
Podiceps Carolinensis, Bonap. Syn. p. 418. Rich. &§ Swain. ii. 412.. Mutt. if, 2595 
Audciii. 359; v. 6243; plate 248; Syn. p. 359. 
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