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Synopsis of the Birds 
Young pure white beneath, nearly meeting on the back of 
the neck ; no ornamental feathers. 
Horned Grebe , or Dobchick , Edw. Glean, pi. 1 45. adult. 
Black and white Dobchick , Id. pi. 96. fig. l young. Buff. pi. 
cnl. 404. fig. 2 • adult. 942. young . Colymbus , or Podiceys 
cornutus , caspicus, nigricans , et obscurus, auct. 
Inhabits the north of both continents : common during win- 
ter, the young especially, in the middle states.* 
ff Bill very stout, especially at base, much compressed, 
curved at the point. Nostrils rounded. 
S67. Podiceps carolinensis, Lath. Bill much shorter than the 
head, three quarters of an inch long from the front, much 
compressed throughout, hooked at tip ; neck beneath dusky ; 
all the quills brown. 
Adult, none of the quills white, feathers of the hind neck 
elongated, throat black ; bill with a black band. 
Young ferruginous on the sides; throat white ; bill with- 
out a band. 
Pied-bill Dobchick , Catesb. Car. i. pi. 91. adult. Buff.pl. 
enl. 943. young. Colymbus podiceps, ludovicianus , Gm. Little 
Grebe of Wilson’s list. 
Inhabits the whole continent of America, not extending as 
* Podiceps auritus Lath. Bill shorter than the head, five eighths of an 
nch long from the front, depressed at base, recurved at the point, black; 
secondaries white ; inner primaries white on the inner vane. 
Adult blackish, beneath white ; neck and breast black ; crest and ruff 
very short, black ; a long slender tuft of reddish feathers behind each eye 
and beneath, covering the ears. 
Young pure white beneath, this color extending but little on the occi- 
put ; no ornaments. 
Eared Dobchick , Edw. Glean, pi. 9 S.jig. 2. Colymbus auritus, Gm. 
Inhabits the north of the old continent, and possibly of America : com- 
mon in eastern Europe, found in Italy. 
