566 BIRDS—PODICIPIDA. 
GENUS PODICEPS. Latham. 
Bill slender or moderately stout, paragnathous, acute. Nostrils narrow or linear. 
Loral bare strip narrow. Frontal feathers normai. Tarsus generally but little, if any, 
shorter than the middle toe—at least three-fourths as long. Semipalmation of toes 
moderate. Lobe of hallux broad. Usually conspicuous crests or ruffs during the breed- 
ing season. 
PoODICEPS GRISEIGENA (Bodd.) Gray. 
var. HOLBOLLI (Reinh.) Coues. 
Red=neecked Grebe, 
Podiceps rubricollis, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 166, 187. 
Podiceps griseigena, WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 371; Reprint, 1861, 13. 
Podiceps griseigena, var. holbolli, WHEATON, Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep.for 1874, 
574; Reprint, 1875, 15.—LANGDON, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 18; Revised List, Journ. 
Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 189; Reprint, 23. 
Colymbus griseigena, BODDZRT, Tab. Pl. El., 55. 
Podiceps griseigena, GRAY, Gen. of Birds, iii, 633. 
Podiceps holbolli, RHEINHART, Ibis, iii, 1861, 14. 
Podiceps griseigena var. holbolli, CouEs, Key, 1872, 327. 
Podiceps rubricollis, BONAPARTE, Syn., 1828, 417. 
Tarsus about four-fifths the middle toe and claw; bill little shorter than tarsus; crests 
and ruff moderately developed. Length, about18; wing, 7-8; biil, 12 to nearly 2; tar- 
sus, 3; middle toe and claw, 23. Aduli:—Front and sides of neck rich brownish-red ; 
throat and sides of head ashy, whitening where it joins the dark color of the crown, the 
feathers slightly ruffed ; top of head with its slight occipital crest, upper-parts generally, 
and wings dark-brown, the feathers of the back paler edged; primaries brown; part of 
Popicrrs cristatus (L.) Lath. 
Crested Grebe. 
Podiceps cristatus, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 166, 187.—WHEATON, Ohio Agric. 
Rep. for 1860,371; Reprint, 1861, 13; Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 
1874, 574; Reprint, 1875, 15—LANG@DON, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 18; Revised List, 
Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 189; Reprint, 23. 
Colymbus crisiatus, LINNZUS, Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 222. 
Podiceps cristatus, LATHAM, Ind. Orn., ii, 1790, 78. 
I was not less surprised than most amateur ornithologists by the assertion of Dr. 
Brewer (Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, ili, 1878, 52), respecting this species, that ‘‘ not a spec- 
imen is in existence of American origin, and that there is no authentic record of the 
capture of asingle specimen in America. Every specimen that has been referred to this 
species, when in existence, proved to be either immature examples of P. griseigena, or 
to be foreign examples.” On investigation the four or five supposed instances of its 
capture in this State, all proved to be, as Dr. Brewer says, immature Red-necked Grebes, 
while the only skin of a Crested Grebe which I could obtain for comparison (kindly 
lent me by Dr. Jasper), and which was labeled Labrador, was almost as unquestionably 
an European bird. 
