36 GREBE 



15.-L0UISIANE GREBE. 



Podiceps Ludovicianus, Ind. Orn. ii. 785. 



Colymbus Ludovicianus, Gm. Lin.'i. 592. 



Le Grebe de la Louisiane, Buf. viii. 240. PL enl. 943. 



Le Macas a bee crochu, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 444. 



Louisiane Grebe, Gen. Syn v. 2S9. Arct. Zool. ii. 419. 



BILL slightly bent at the point; plumage above deep brown; 

 sides of the head and body, quite to the rump, rust-colour; about 

 the middle of the wing, outwardly, a small patch of white ; middle 

 of the breast dusky white; from the base of the neck to the thisrhs 

 marked with transverse black spots; legs dusky. In some the chin 

 is mottled with black. 



Inhabits Louisiana ; also Paraguay. Is probably the last in 

 incomplete plumage. 



