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COLYMBIN^. PODICEPS. 
hind, the fore neck and lower parts, white ; sides and downy feathers 
of the abdomen brownish-grey ; some of the secondaries white, as in 
the adult. 
MaUy 14f, 25i, 
Very common during autumn on the Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi, 
and all their tributaries, as well as in all the Atlantic Districts, to 
Texas. Breeds from the Great Lakes to the Fur Countries. Migra- 
tory. 
Podiceps cornutus, Bonap. Syn. p. 417. 
Podiceps cornutus, Horned Grebe, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 411. 
Horned Grebe or Dobchick, Nutt. Man. v. ii. 254. 
Horned Grebe, Podiceps cornutus. Add. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 429 ; v. v. p. 423. 
490. 4. Podiceps auritus, Lath. Eared Grebe. 
Plate CCCCIV. Adult and Young. 
Male with the bill considerably shorter than the head, rather stout, 
bluish-black ,* feet dusky grey externally, greenish-grey on the inner 
side ; a tuft of very long loose feathers on each side of the head, be- 
hind the eye and covering the ears, orange ; head and neck all round 
deep black ; upper parts brownish-black, the wings greyish-brown, 
with a broad patch of white, the secondary quills being of that colour ; 
lower parts silvery-white, except the sides of the body and rump, 
which are light red. Young, in autumn, with the tufts not developed ; 
the upper part brownish-black, the neck tinged with grey behind, the 
secondary quills white ; throat, and a broad band curving behind the 
ear so as almost to meet the other on the nape, greyish- white ; neck 
light brownish-grey in front ; lower parts of the body and rump dusky 
grey. 
Adult 13, wing 
Very rare, and not found by me in America. 
Eared Dobchick or Grebe, Podiceps auritus, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 256. 
Eared Grebe, Podiceps auritus, Aud. Om. Biog. v. v. p. 108. 
491. 5. Podiceps Carolinensis, Lath. Pied-billed Dobchick. 
Plate CCXLVIII. Male and Female. 
Male with the bill shorter than the head, stout, deep, compressed, 
pale blue, the upper mandible dusky along the ridge, the lower with a 
black band beyond the middle ; feet greyish-black ; feathers on the 
forehead with stiff enlarged shafts, as in the Rails upper part of the 
head and the throat black ; neck and sides of the head light greyish- 
brown ; stiff edges of the feathers on the lower parts of the neck grey- 
ish-yellow ; back brownish-black, as are the inner secondaries ; outer 
secondaries light brown, with a reddish- white spot on the end of the 
inner web ; primaries light brown, dusky at the end ; breast silvery- 
