French ; Mergulhao, Portuguese ; Tuffetto, Italian ; Blonguin terz, Maltese ; El-ghotis, 

 Moorish ; kleiner Steissfuss, kleiner Lappentaucher, German ; de Dodaars, Dutch ; Lille- 

 Lappedykker, Dvcerg-Lappedykker, Danish ; Liden-Lappedykker, Norwegian ; Smddopping, 

 Swedish. 



Figurce notabiles. 

 D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 905, 945 ; Werner, Atlas, Pinnatipedes, pi. 9 ; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. 

 taf. 39, Suppl. taf. 19; Frisch, V6g. Deutschl. taf. 184; Fritsch, V6g. Eur. taf. 61. 

 figs. 12, 13; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 247; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 54. fig. 7 ; 

 Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 392 ; id. B. of G. Brit. v. pi. 42 ; id. B. of Australia, vii. pi. 81 ; 

 Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pi. 274. 



6 ad. ptil. test, pileo, nucha, collo postico, mento et loris nigricanti-fuscis : capitis lateribus, gula et gutture 

 castaneo-rufis : corpore supra nigricante vix griseo tincto : remigibus primariis saturate cinereis, 

 secundariis albis extiis cinereo notatis : pectore et hypochondriis nigricanti-griseis : corpore reliquo 

 subtus argenteo-griseis : rostro nigricante, ad basin flavido : pedibus comeis vix viridi tinctis, iride 

 brunnea. 



2 ad. ptil. hiem. capite et corpore supra sicut in ptilosi sestivali coloratis : mento albo : capitis lateribus et 

 gutture rufescenti-cervinis : corpore subtus argenteo-albo, pectore, hypochondriis et crisso fusco-cinereo 

 lavatis. 



Adult Male in summer (Alexandria, 19th April) . Crown, nape, hind neck, chin, and lores blackish brown ; 

 sides of the head and entire throat and sides of the neck rich chestnut-red; upper parts generally 

 blackish with a grey tinge; primary quills dark grey; short secondaries white margined externally 

 with dark grey ; breast and flanks blackish grey ; rest of the underparts silvery grey tinged with dark 

 grey; beak blackish, the base of the gape lemon-yellow; legs and feet dull horny greenish; iris bright 

 brown. Total length about 8"5 inches, culmen 097, wing 3"9, tarsus 1*4. 



Adult Female. Resembles the male, but is slightly smaller. 



Adult Female in winter (Butrinto, 9th November) . Differs from the adult in summer in lacking the rufous 

 coloration on the neck ; the upper parts are coloured as in the summer ; but the chin and upper throat 

 are white, the sides of the head and lower throat rufous buff; the underparts are silvery white, the 

 breast, flanks, and crissum being dark grey or brownish grey. 



Young (Pekin, October) . Resembles the adult in winter ; but the upper parts are more of a warm-brown 

 colour and paler, and the throat, neck, and underparts are whiter ; the lower mandible is yellow, and 

 the upper mandible brown margined with yellow. 



Young in down (Galicia). Head, neck, and upper parts black, distinctly striped with rufous or rufous buff; 

 underparts white, the flanks like the back ; forehead tinged with silvery grey ; bill flesh-coloured ; iris 

 grey; legs dull flesh-colour with a greyish tinge. 



Throughout Europe generally, from Scandinavia down to Africa, the present species is distri- 

 buted in suitable localities ; and on the latter continent it ranges to the Cape colony. In Asia it 

 ranges as far east as Japan, and southward through the Malay archipelago to Australia and 

 New Zealand. 



