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746 SYNOPSIS OF BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 
é GENUS {1.— PODICEPS, Lath.— GREBE. 
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487. Podiceps cristatus, Lath. — Crested Grebe. hee, 
Bill, blackish brown, tinged with carmine; feet, greenish black, tinged . 
with grayish blue; upper part of head and tufts, grayish black, tinged rai 
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, 24 by 14, yellowish white. 
-Podiceps cristatus, Bonap. Syn. p. 417. Rich. § Swain. ii. 410. Mutt. ii. 250. 
Aud. iii. 595 ; plate 292 ; Syn. p. 357. 
488. Podiceps rubricollis, Lath. —Red-necked 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, 183, 32. Habitat, from New York to Fur 
Countries. Eggs, four, 2 by 14, greenish white. 
Podiceps rubricollis, Bunap. Syn. p. 417. Rich. §& Swain. ii. 411. Nutt. ii, 253. 
Aud. iii. 617; v. 620; Syn. p. 357; plate 298. 
489, Podiceps cornutus, Linn. —Horned Grebe. 
“t, Bill, bluish black, yellow at tip; feet, dusky externally, dull yellow 
internally ; forehead, grayish brown ; upper part of head, bluish 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, 143, 255. Habitat, throughout 
North America. Nests near the edge of fresh water. Eggs, five to seven, 
1} by 1, yellowish cream color. 
Podiceps cornutus, Bonap. Syn. p. 417. Rich. & Swain, ii. 411. Nutt. ii. 254, Aud 
iii, 429; 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 
sities lower parts, silvery white, except sides, which are light red. Adult, 
13. Habitat, rare, if ever, in America. 
Podiceps auritus, Vutt. 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, 14 by {, light greenish white. 
“  Podiceps Carolinensis, Bonap. Syn. p. 418. Rich. & Swain. ii. 412. Nutt. ii. 259. 
Aud, iii. 359; v. 624; plute 248; Syn. p. 359. 
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