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PODICEPS NIGRICOLLIS. 



(EARED GREBE.) 



The Eared Dobchick, Edw. Nat. Hist. B. ii. p. 96, pi. 96 (1747). 



Colymbus auritus, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 54 (1760). 



Colymbus auritus, var. /3, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 223 (1766). 



Podiceps auritus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 780 (1790, nee Linn.). 



Colymbus auritus, Donovan, Nat. Hist. Brit. B. ii. pi. 29 (1799, nee Linn.). 



Podiceps nigricollis, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 963 (1831). 



Podiceps orientalis, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 402 (1855). 



Podiceps recurvirostris, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 402 (1855). 



GrSbe oreillard, French ; Mergulhtio, Portuguese ; Svasso piccolo, Italian ; Blongiun-sekond, 

 Maltese ; gebhrter Steissfuss, Ohrentauclier, German ; de Geoorde-Fuut, Dutch ; Oret- 

 Lappedykker, Danish; Svarthalsad Bopping, Swedish; Ouchastaia-Gagara, Russian. 



Figurce notabiles. 



Edwards, I. c. ; Werner, Atlas, Pinnatipedes, pi. 8 ; Kjgerb. Orn. Dan. taf. 39, Suppl. taf. 19 ; 

 Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 61. figs. 7, 8; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 246; Sundevall, 

 Svensk. Fog), pi. 80. fig. 1 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 391 ; id. B. of G. Brit. v. pi. 41 ; 

 Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pi. 273 ; Donovan, Brit. Birds, ii. pi. xxix. 



Ad. ptll. test, capite, collo toto et corpore supra nigris, stria, pone oculos aurantiaca, et ferruginea, : remigibus 

 primariis griseo-nigris, intimis albo apicatis : secundariis albis, intimis griseo-nigris : pectore et abdomine 

 albis, crisso fumoso-nigro : hypochondriis ferrugineis : rostro compresso, aeuto, mandibula. recurvata, 

 nigro, ad basin rubro : iride rubra. : pedibus olivaceo-uigricantibus. 



Ad. ptll. Mem. pileo, collo postico et corpore subtiis sordide nigricantibus : gula, gutture et corpore subtus 

 albis, gutture griseo-nigro notato : hypochondriis fumoso-nigro lavatis. 



Adult in summer (Sarepta, May) . Head, entire neck, and upper parts generally black ; a broad stripe from 

 the eye and covering the auriculars golden yellow, becoming red on the lower part; lores black like 

 the rest of the head ; primaries, inner secondaries, and wing-coverts greyish black, the sixth quill tipped 

 with white, the seventh and following ones more broadly marked with white, the short secondaries 

 being pure white ; underparts silvery white, the lower abdomen greyish black, the flanks rich fox-red ; 

 bill black, reddish at the base; iris bright red; legs dull greenish black. Total length about 12 inches, 

 culmen - 92, wing 49, tarsus l - 6. 



Adult in winter (Malta) . Crown, hind neck, and upper parts dull black with a greyish tinge, the golden- 

 yellow stripe behind the eye wanting; sides of the head greyish black slightly tinged with whitish 

 grey; chin, throat, and underparts white, the lower throat tinged with blackish grey, flanks tinged 

 with grey. 



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