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of the United States . 
364. Podiceps cristatus, Lath. Bill longer than the head, 
from the front to the tip two inches, reddish, white at the 
point neck beneath, front, and secondaries, white. 
Adult in full plumage, neck and breast white ; sides of the 
head reddish, a flat occipital tuft and a broad ruff on each 
side of the neck, black. 
Young dull, obscurely spotted, destitute of the ornamental 
feathers. 
Crested Grebe of Wilson’s list. Buff. pi. enl. 400. adult. 
Id. 944. and 941. young in different stages. Colymbus podi- 
ceps, cristatus et urinator , auct. 
Inhabits the north of both continents : rare in the middle 
states, and only during winter : common in the interior and 
on the lakes. 
365. Podiceps rubricollis, Lath. Bill as long as the head, 
from the front to the tip one inch and a half, yellow, point 
black ; neck beneath reddish ; front black ; secondaries 
white. 
Adult, cheeks and throat ash-color ; neck and beneath ru- 
fous; crown, and neck above narrowly, black; a short oc- 
cipital black crest; no ruff. 
Young much duller and spotted ; no occipital crest ; cheeks 
and throat white, the former striped with black. 
Red-necked Grebe , Lath. Colymbus rubricollis , subcrista- 
tus et parotis , auct. Buff. pi. enl. 931. 
Inhabits the north of both continents : rare, and during 
winter only in the middle states : very common in Arctic 
America. 
3G6. Podiceps cornutus, Lath. Bill shorter than the head, 
one inch long from the front, compressed throughout ; secon- 
daries white ; twelve outer primaries entirely brown. 
Adult blackish, beneath white ; neck and breast rufous ; a 
broad black ruff round the neck ; a long tuft of reddish 
feathers behind each eye above. 
