PODICEPS CllISTATUS. 
CRESTED GREBE. 
Generic Character. 
Bill straight, pointed. 
Nostrils linear. 
Tongue slightly cleft. 
Skin surrounding the eyes bare. 
Legs placed far behind, compressed sideways, the 
hind part edged with a double row of serratures. 
Toes surrounded with an entire membrane. 
Tail w.anting. 
PoBicEPs cristuius ; corpore fugcus, subtus albus, 
capite rufo tumido, collari nigro, remi- 
gibus secendaris albis. 
Crested Grebe. Body brown, beneath white ; head 
rufous, (appearing swollen) ; collar blacks- 
secondary quill feathers white, 
PoDiCEPs Cristatus. Latk. Ind. Orn. v. 2. p. 780. 
CoLYMBUs Cristatus. Lin. Sj/st. v. 1. p. 222. GmeL 
Si/st. V. 2. p. 589. 
CoLYMBUS MAJOR, CRISTATUS ET CORNUTUS. Raii^fi: 
p. 124. 
^CoLYMBus coRNU'sus. Bviss. V. 6. p. 45. 
Greater Crested. and Horned Ducker. Will An^- 
■ p. 340, 
Le Grebe Cornu. Buff. Hist d'Ois, v. 8. p. 
Ih. PL Enl. 400. 
Grebe Hu'ppe. Tefiim. Man. dVrn. ed. 2. p. 716. 
Crested Grebe. , Br. ZooL 8vo. ed. v. 2. p. ISO. 
Arct. ZooL V. 2. p. 498. Lath. 8i/n. v. 5. 
p. 281.. Lewin Br. Birds, v. 5. t. 106. 
Don. Br. Birds, v. 3 t. 68. Mont. Orn, 
Diet. BewicMs Br. Birds, pt. 2. p. 136. 
