PODICIPIN.^^. 
1.  P-  cristatus  (Linn.)  Lath.  PL  enl.  400.  — Colymbus  cornutus 
Briss. ; C.  urinator  Linn,  Edwards’s  Birds,  pi.  360.  f.  2.,  PI.  enl. 
944.  941.,  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  388.,  Audub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  292- 1 
Type  of  Lophaithyia  Kaup  (1829). 
2.  P.  australis  Gould,  Proc.  Z.  S.  1844.  p.  B.  of  Austr.  pi. 
3.  V.  leucopterus  King,  Zool.  Journ.  ii.  p.  101.,  Jard.  & Selby, 
111,  Orn.  pi.  107. 
4.  V . yrisegena  (Bodd.)  Lath.  PI.  enl.  931.  — Colymbus  rubri- 
collis  Gmel. ; C.  subcristatus  Jacq.  Vog.  1. 18.  ; C.  parotis  Sparr. 
Mus.  Carls,  t.  9- ; C.  vulgaris  Scop. ; C.  cucullatus  et  C.  n®vius 
Pall.  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  389.,  Audub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  298. 1 C. 
longirostris  Bonn, ; Type  of  Podeaithyia  Kaup  (1829). 
5.  V.  cornutus  (Gmel.)  Lath.  PI.  enl.  404.  f.  2.  942.  Edwards’s 
Birds,  pi.  96.  f.  1. 145.  — Colymbus  obscurus  Gmel.;  C.  caspicus 
S.  G.  Gmel.  ; C.  nigricans  Scop.  Briss.  Orn.  vi.  t.  3.  f.  2.,  Gould,  B. 
of  Eur.  pi.  390.,  Audub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  259. ; C.  comosus  Bonn. ; 
C.  minutus  Pall. ; Type  of  Dytes  Kaup  (1829). 
6’.  P.  auritus  (Linn.)  Lath.  Edwards’s  Birds,  t.  96.  f.  2.,  Gould, 
B.  of  Eur.  pi.  39 1 .,  Audub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  404. ; T ype  of  Proctopus 
Kaup  (1829). 
7.  P.  minor  (Gmel.)  Lath.  PL  enl.  905.  — Colymbus  hebridicus 
Gmel.  Penn.  Br.  Zool.  ii.  pi.  79-  > 0.  fluviatilis  Br,  Gould,  B.  of 
Eur.  pi.  392. ; C.  pyrenaicus  La  Peyr. 
8.  P.  philippensis  (Bonn.)  Temm.  PL  enl.  945.  1 ^ 
minor  var.  /3  Lath. 
9.  P.  poliocephaliis  Jard.  & Selby’s  111.  Orn.  t.  13.  P® 
nestor  Gould  ; Type  of  Poliocephalus  Selby  (183  ?)■  „ 
10.  P.  ru/opecitts  G.  R.  Gray,  Faun.  New  Zealand,  App- 
Voy.  Ereb.  & Terr.  Birds,  pi.  I9.  . 
11.  P.  nonee  hollandieB  Steph.  Gen.  Zool.  xiii.  p.  IS-  'P-3 
Gould,  Proc.  Z.  S.  1836.  p.  145.  B.  of  Austr.  pi. 
12.  P.  Rnlkindi  Quoy  & Gaim.  Voy.  de  I’Uranie,  Zool.  g 
13.  P.  kulipareus  Less.  Voy  de  la  Coqu.  Ois.  t.  45.  ■ 
occipitalis  Less.  Pernetty’s  Voy.  1. 11.  ^zara, 
14.  P.  dominicus  (Linn.)  Lath.  Briss.  Orn.  vi.  t.  5.  f-  2-, 
No.  445.  ^ . 
15.  P.  major  (Bodd.)  — C.  cayennensis  Gmel.  PL  40'^' 
Podiceps  cayaiius  Lath.  Thowa- 
16.  P.  thomensis  (Gmel.)  Lath.  — Colymbus  insula;  S. 
Briss. 
17.  P.  antarcticus  Less.  Rev.  Zool.  1842.  p.  209- 
18.  P.  americanus  Garn.  Voy.  de  la  Coqu.  Zool.  p.  599- 
19.  P.  chiliensis  Garn.  Voy.  de  la  Coqu.  Zool.  p.  601. 
20.  P.  bicornis  (Licht.)  Cat.  Dupl.  Berl.  Mus.  p.  88.,  Azara, 
443. 
PODILYMBUS  Less.* 
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Bill  shorter  than  the  head,  strong,  and  much  compressed  on  the  sides,  with  the  culmen  mucn  ^ 
to  the  tip,  which  is  hooked  over  that  of  the  lower  mandible,  and  entire  ; the  gonys  short  and  su  ^ 
advancing  upwards ; the  nostrils  placed  anteriorly  in  abroad  membranous  groove,  oval,  and  exp^ 
Wings  short,  with  the  second  quill  the  longest,  and  the  first  four  more  or  less  emarginated 
terio’^’ 
near  the  tip.  Tail  not  apparent.  Tarsi  short  and  much  compressed  on  the  sides,  and  the  ^ 
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edge  serrated.  Toes  long,  depressed,  and  strongly  margined  on  the  sides,  especially  on 
margins ; the  hind  toe  short,  and  moderately  lobed ; the  claws  short,  depressed,  and  obtuse. 
The  species  of  this  division  are  peculiar  to  the  New  Continent.  Their  habits  and  manners  are 
described. 
similar  to  those  J 
iUS^ 
1.  P.  earolinensis  (Lath.)  — Colymbus  podiceps  Catesby’s 
Carol,  pi.  9L  j C.  ludovicianus  Gmel.  PI.  enl.  943.,  Spix,  Av.  Bras, 
ii.  t.  100.,  Azara,  No.  444. 
2.  P.  brevirostris  G.  R.  Gray. 
* M.  Lesson  established  this  division  in  1831  {TraiU  d‘ Ornithologie,  p.  595.). 
Hydroka  of  Mr.  Nuttal  (1834)  are  synonymous. 
Sylbeocyclus  of  the  Prince  of  Canino 
(1832). 
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June,  1846. 
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