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Birds of Celebes: Podicipedidae. 
139; (S) W. Bias., Z. ges. Om. 1886, 204; (6) Salvacl., Orn. Pap. Agg. 1891, 213; 
(7) M. & Wg. , Abli. Mus. Dresden 1894, Nr. 4, p. 3. 
b. Podiceps minor (nec Gm.); (1) Scbl., Mus. P.-B., Urinat., 1867, 45, part.; (2) Eosenb., 
Malay. Arcliip. 1878, 279; (3) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 145; ? (4) Eibbe, Jb. Ver. Erdk. 
Dresden 1892, 174. 
c. Podiceps minor var. tricolor (1) Briigg., Abb. Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 98. 
d. Podiceps gularis (nec Gld.); (1) Eosenb., Zool. Gart. 1881, 167; (2) id., Eeistogt. in 
Gorontalo 1865, 66; ? (3) Joest, Holontalo 1883, 106. 
e. Colymbetes tricolor (1) Heine &Echw., Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 1890, 364. 
“llaweres”, Malay, Minabassa, Meyer h 3. 
“Wangel”, Meyer, or “Bebek mudong”, Nat. Coll., Minabassa. 
“Tangulele” or “Tongulele”, Gorontalo, Eosenberg b 2, Joest d 3. 
For further synonymy and references cf. Salvador! 2. 
Descriptions. Gray a 1\ Salvador! 2. 
Adult. Head above, bind neck, and upper parts blackisb, glossed witb an indistinct 
colour; remiges dull brown, wbitisb below on basal i)art of feathers and on under 
wing-coverts; sides of rump ochraceous; face, ear-coverts, throat, and sides 
of neck chestnut, on chin blackisb; remaining under parts dusky, on sides as 
dark as the upper surface, on breast and abdomen varied with wood-brown; bare 
skui around the gape and at base of lower mandible yellow; “iris carmine-red; bill 
black . . .; feet grey-green”: Eischer 4 (adult. Main, iVIinabassa, 16. Feb. 1894; 
Nat. Coll. — 0 13269). 
Young. Face and neck striped with black and white; fore neck white varied with pale 
chestnut; some of the feathers of the crown with chestnut bases; breast and ab- 
domen greyish white (juv. Main, Feb. 1894: Nat. Coll. — C 13271). 
Another young example (apparently about a week older) from the same spot, 
has a triangular patch of white on the crown, bordered behind with chestnut; jugulum 
dusky; breast and abdomen white tinged with buff; bill, and legs and feet yellowish 
(0 13272). 
Measurements (4 adults from N. Celebes). Wing (over the arc) 103 — 112 mm, (straight) 
88 — 102; tail (feathers hair-hke) ca. 25; tarsus 38; middle toe with claw ca. 48; 
exposed culmen 22 — 26.5. 
Egg. Yellowish white (doubtless through discoloration); length 36 mm, breadth 24.5 (Ternate: 
Pleske 4). 
Distribution. Papuasia: — ? New Guinea and Am (v. Eosenberg 6), Kei (v. Eosenberg b 1)\ 
Moluccas: — Ceram (v. Eosenberg 6, ? Eibbe b 4), Amboina (Hoedt b 7), Bum 
(Wallace i), Temate and Halmahera (Bernst., etc. b 1, 1, 6)] Celebes: — Minabassa 
(Meyer b 3, v. Musschenbroek and Nat. Coll, in Dresd. Mus.), Gorontalo Distr. 
(v. Eosenberg b 2, cl, dl, Eiedel 5); Flores (Wallace 7); Timor (Wallace 7, 
S. Muller b 1). 
In the Island of Celebes this Grebe is at present known only from the 
Northern Peninsula, where it breeds, as is proved by two young specimens killed 
when incapable of flight before us. At Lake Lino, Minabassa, Meyer encountered 
it in large flocks in May, 1871. Its eggs have recently been obtained in Ternate 
by Fischer, as shown above, and it appears probable that it is a resident in 
all parts of the Archipelago where it occurs. In winter the Little Grebe of 
Europe and Asia, P. minor (Gm.), often called F . philippensis (Bonn.) in Eastern 
and Southern Asia, is not unlikely to occur in Celebes, as it has been recorded 
