PODICEPS GULARIS, Gould. 

 Fig. 1. 



Pod. summo capite, et nucha, intense nigrescenti-brunneis, olivaceo lavatis ; gutture genisque nigris ; 

 strigd castaned pone oculos oriente et per later a colli excurrente ; corpore supra nigrescent i- 

 brunneo ; tectricibus alaz secundariis albo marginatis, hoc colore vitram transversatn faciente ; collo 

 imo, pectore et corpore subtus argenteo-griseis, hoc colore in brunneum ad latera transeunte ; rostri 

 etpedibus nigris. 



Long. tot. 10 unc; rostri, 1^; alai, 4J; tarsi, 1^. 



Crown of the head and nape of the neck deep blackish brown tinged with olive ; throat and sides 

 of the face black ; a mark of deep chestnut rises behind each eye and runs down the side of the neck ; 

 upper surface deep blackish brown ; secondary wing-coverts tipped with white, forming a bar across 

 the wing ; lower part of the neck, chest, and under surface silvery grey merging into deep brown on 

 the flanks ; bill and feet black. 



Podiceps gularis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Remark. The above description answers to the spring or nuptial dress, which is common to both 

 sexes ; at other seasons the rich markings of the head give place to a uniform tint of greyish brown, 

 and the general colouring is also much lighter. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



PODICEPS NESTOR, Gould. 

 Fig. 2. 



Pod. capite plumis elongatis sericeis albis induto ; gutture et occipite nigris ; corpore supra intense 

 brunneo, subtus argenteo-griseo, ad latera brunneo lavato ; rostro nigro ad apicem pallidiore ; 

 tarsis olivaceo-nigris. 

 Long. tot. 9 unc. ; rostri, 1 ; ala, k\ ; tarsi, If. 



Head covered with long fine hair-like white feathers ; throat and occiput, upper surface dark brown, 

 under surface silvery grey, tinged with brown on the flanks ; bill black with a light tip ; tarsi blackish 

 olive. 



Podiceps Nestor, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Remark. The above is the plumage of the breeding-season ; at other periods the head is plain brown, 

 and destitute of the elongated hair-like feathers. 



The Podiceps poliocephalus of Messrs. Jardine and Selby's Illustrations of Ornithology (vol. i. pi. 1 3.) 

 may possibly be identical with the present bird in one of its changes ; at the same time this point is 

 not so clear that we could feel satisfied in figuring it under their name. 



Habitat. Australia : localities, Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales. 



