GREBES. 
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The genus Fodiceps {potius Fodidpes), was founded by 
Latham, in 1790, and there is nothing in his characters to 
indicate anv individual species as the type of his genus. The 
lobed feet, 'which he recognises as a character, are peculiar to 
all Grebes, and therefore the type of the genus can only be 
assured by elimination. The history of Latham’s genus can, 
therefore, be traced as follows : — 
Latham, 1790. 
Lophaithyia, Kaup, 1829... 
Froctopiis, Kaup, 1829 .. 
Dytes, Kaup, 1829 ... 
Fodethyia, Kaup, 1829 .. 
Podiceps cristatus. 
„ cayanus (ex Bodd. PI. 
Ent. 404, fig. i). 
, „ auritus (nec Linn.) = 
F. nigricollis, Brehm. 
( - °bscurus 1 ^ 
„ cornutus V 
( „ caspicus ) 
„ xvLhnzo\X\5—P. griseigetia, 
Bodd. 
„ thomensis (ex Briss. Orn. 
vi. p. 58). 
Fodiceps, Kaup, 1829 
Fodilymims, Less, 1831 ... 
minor. 
dominicus. 
hebridicus (= P- minor, 
supra). 
carolinensis. 1 
ludovicianus. J 
Kaup, in 1829, split up the genus Fodidpes, and fixed 
F. minor as the type, dividing the other Grebes under separate 
generic headings. I do not at present see any appeal from his 
decision, much as I regret the necessity of having to adopt his 
name Lopheethyia for the larger European species. 
As with the Divers, the habits of one Grebe are very like those 
of another, and it is consequently difficult to say anything 
that is new about their mode of life. They are all but cosmo- 
politan in their range. 
The genus Loplmthyia is distinguished from the smaller 
Grebes by the length of the bill, which is pointed, and measures 
from the gape more than the length of the inner toe and claw. 
