NATATORES. 411 



[175.] 2. Podiceps rubricollis. (Temm.) Red-necked Grebe. 



Genus, Podiceps, Lath. 



Grebe Jou-gris (Podiceps rubricollis), Temm., ii., p. 720. 



Podiceps rubricollis (Red-necked Grebe). Sab., Frankl. Journ., p. 692. Bonap., Syn., No. 365. 



No specimen of this bird being- obtained on the last expedition, the following 

 description is taken from Mr. Sabine's account, above quoted, of one killed at 

 Great Slave Lake in 1822. 



DESCRIPTION 



Of a mature individual, killed at Great Slave Lake, May, 1822. 



Colour. — Upper surface of the head and nape shining black ; medial line of the neck 

 above and dorsal plumage dark-brown. Secondaries and belly white. Chin and throat 

 drab coloured ; sides and front of the neck and breast ferruginous. Bill black above, horn- 

 coloured below ; as long as the head. 



Length, to ends of toes stretched out, 28^- inches. Bill from rictus 1\ inches ; from front 

 \\ inch. 



[176.] 3. Podiceps cornutus. (Lath.) Horned Grebe. 



Genus, Podiceps, Lath. 



Eared or Horned Dobchick. Edw., pi. 145 ; Hudson's Bay specimen *, 



Black and White Dobchick. Idem, pi. 96, anterior figure. Young Engl. spec. 



Horned Grebe. Pens'., Arct. Zoo/., ii., p. 497, No. 417- Dusky Grebe, No. 420. Young. 



Grebe cornu ou Esclavon (Podiceps cornutus). Temm., ii., p. 721. 



Podiceps cornutus (Horned Grebe). Sab., Frank/. Journ., p. 693. Bonap., Syn., No. 366. 



Seekeep, Chee Indians. Shinkepees, Saulteur Indians. 



Is very common in the fur countries, frequenting - every lake with grassy 

 borders. 



DESCRIPTION 



Of a specimen killed at Great Slave Lake. 



Colour. — Head, nape, and throat, greenish-black ; a broad buff-orange eye band is red- 

 dish before the eye and on the side of the nape. Back of the neck, dorsal plumage, and 

 wings, blackish-brown ; the secondaries white. Under surface and sides of the neck, sides 

 of the breast, the flanks and thighs, reddish-orange ; vent greyish ; rest of the under plumage 

 shining yellowish-white. Orbits and rictus lake-red. Bill bluish-black ; its tip white. Irides 

 red. Legs brownish ; paler interiorly. 



Form. — Bill short, compressed throughout, both mandibles sloping to a point, commissure 



* Edwaeds's coloured figure represents our bird very exactly. 



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