PODICErS NESTOE (Gxmld). 



HOARY-HEADED GREBE, Gbnus : Podiobps. 



OJPECIMENS of this variety bave been received, and it has been seen in so many localities that its 

 ' habitation <•! tin greater portion of Southern Australia has been proved ; it is most abundant in 

 I nania. In tin winter and spring the members of this species move in small Hocks, pairing off as 

 BUmtnei Approaches, In spite of its head-feathers, the Hoary-headed Grebe exhibits the same powers of 

 diving as others of the tribe) and its methods of feeding and nesting are similar to theirs. The white 

 plumes "ii the head oome into existence during the breeding season; when that period is passed the plume 

 disappears, the head l ming brown and the throat buff. 



The eggs arc dusky white, and four or five are found in one nest. 



During the breeding season the head is covered with long, fine, white feathers, giving the 

 appearance from which the bird gets its name. 



I pper surfaces and throat, purplish brown, the wing- feathers marked with a darker streak down 

 the centre I nder surfaces silvery grey, tinged with brown on the chest and flanks Bill, dark grey, 

 with i lighter tip. hides, olive-yellow, delicately marked with tine lines of a deeper hue; lores, flesh- 

 oolour; feet, dusky yellow, of a lighter shade <>n the inside. 



Habitats: Tasmania; Southern and Central Australia. 



