Oedee PYGOPODES.] 
[Fam. PODICIPEDID^. 
PODICEPS CKISTATUS. 
(GREAT CRESTED GREBE.) 
Colymbus cri status, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 222 (1766). 
Colynibus urinator, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 223 (1766). 
Podiceps cristatus. Lath. Inch Orn. ii. p. 780 (1790). 
Colymbus cornutus, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 353 (1811). 
Lopliaitliyia cristafa, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 72 (1829). 
Podiceps mitratus, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 953 (1831). 
Podiceps piatagiatus, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 955 (1831). 
Podiceps longirostris, Bonap. Faun. Ital., Ucc. p. 18 (1832-41). 
Podiceps australis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1844, p. 135. 
Podiceps hectori (var.), Buller, Essay on N.-Z. Orn. p. 19 (1865). 
Native name. — Pateketeke. 
Ad. supr^ nigricans, remigibus brunnescentibus, minimis albis : pileiplumis utrinque elongatis, fascias duas erectas 
formantibus ; loris et lined superciliari angusta cum facie laterali gulaque albis : regione oculari, collo 
lateral! guttureque cristatis, ferrugineis, nigro marginatis : corpore subtus argentescenti-albo, latenbus 
brunneis : rostro cinerascenti-brunneo, versus apicem pallidiore : pedibus olivascenti-mgris : rride coccinea. 
Adult male. Crown, hind neck, and general upper surface, as well as the sides of the body, blackish brown, 
slightly glossed with green ; a streak in front of the eyes, the throat, sides of the head and lower part of 
fore neck fulvous white j underparts of the body silvery white, stained deeply on the sides of the breast and 
slightly in front with chestnut. The feathers of the nape are produced in soft filamentous plumes, forming 
two black occipital crests, nearly 2 inches in length ; the corresponding plumage of the neck is developed in 
a similar manner, forming a thick ruff of a beautiful silky texture, bright chestnut in its anterior portion 
and then jet-black; on the neck below there is a wash of the same bright chestnut. The primary quills are 
greyish brown, with black shafts, the webs stained more or less and tipped with pale rufous ; secondaries 
pure white, excepting the outermost ones, which are black on their exposed webs and arc largely marked 
with rufous; bastard quills pure white ; outer wing-coverts greyish brown; secondary coverts much pro- 
duced and almost black ; edges and lining of wings white, with rufous stains. Irides red ; bill dark brown 
yellowish along the lower edge and at the tip of the lower mandible ; legs aud feet olivaceous black tinged 
with green on the edges and near the joints; claws greenish black, with a pectinate edge of transparent 
horn-colour. Total length 22 inches ; wing, from flexure, 7-5 ; bill, along the ridge 2*4, along the edge of 
lower mandible 3 ; tarsus 2'75 ; longest toe and claw 3‘25. 
Female. Similar to the male in plumage, and adorned in the same manner with ruff and crest, but having the 
breast more or less stained with pale rufous and brown. 
Young. Crown of the head and nape black, with dull steel reflexions ; the feathers of the forehead and those 
immediately over the eyes tipped with white ; hind part of neck, back, and general upper surface blackis 
brown ; throat, fore neck, breast, and underparts of the body silvery white. The occipital feathers on both 
sides are lengthened, forming an inconspicuous crest ; there is no ruff ; but the plumage of that portion o 
the neck is somewhat longer than on the surrounding parts, aud is lightly washed with chestnut and marked 
on the sides with black : there is an absence of the chestnut colouring on the breast, which is pure white , 
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