. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 1 n H 440 THE DIVING BIIIDS — PYGOPODES. The eggs of the Least Grebe arc of a pale chalky greenish white, varying from discolorations, anil are uiisiHjtted. Those in the iSniithsoniau Collection are from Matamoras, Aliizatlan, Cuba, and Jamaica. They vary from inches to in length, and from .85 to in breadth.' Gknus FODILYMBUS, Lksson. Podihjmlms, Lesson*, Traitt-, I. 1831, 595 (tyiic, Podiccps enrolincnsLi, Lath., = CohjmhuapoiUceps, Linn.). Si/lbcuci/dus, BoxAP. Saggio, 1832, 114 (s
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 1 n H 440 THE DIVING BIIIDS — PYGOPODES. The eggs of the Least Grebe arc of a pale chalky greenish white, varying from discolorations, anil are uiisiHjtted. Those in the iSniithsoniau Collection are from Matamoras, Aliizatlan, Cuba, and Jamaica. They vary from inches to in length, and from .85 to in breadth.' Gknus FODILYMBUS, Lksson. Podihjmlms, Lesson*, Traitt-, I. 1831, 595 (tyiic, Podiccps enrolincnsLi, Lath., = CohjmhuapoiUceps, Linn.). Si/lbcuci/dus, BoxAP. Saggio, 1832, 114 (siinie typ'; if. ScL. Ibis, 1874, p. 98). Char. Size medium (win*,' .atioiit '>(>-.'').(K) iuciics); bill very stout, tlie len<,'tli of the culmen less than twice the biisitl depth; bill much shorter than the hcud, the culuieu nmcli curved teriiii-. P. podiceps, iially ; tarsus shorter limn tlie miiMle toe without claw. No tufts in summer plumage, but bill ])arti-colur(Ml, und tliruut ornumente<l by a. bhtck patch. PodiljnubuB podiceps. THICK-BILLED OEEBE; CABOLIVA OBEBE. , Linn. .S. X. nl. 10, I. 17.'i8, 130 : <'i\. 12, \. l" vtirill, ('ATl->nv, Tar. 91. —Cnliiinlnis , ISiuss. Orn. VI. 17<i", 63). PmlHnmbiis iMnli,, Lawi:. in IViird's 15. N. Am. ISiVS, 898.— lUlun, Cat. N. Am. 15. , im. 709.—CoLKs, Kit, 187-., 338: ( List, 1873, no. CU ; liirds N. W. 1874, 737. —Uiikjw. Norn. N. Am. 15. ISSl, no. 73.'!. Podifi/mbim jmliivps, CorKs, 2d dipi-k List, , no. 852. Pwllecpcludivvkianiis, Lath. Ind. Oni. IL 1790, 785. Pudicrps enrolinnittiK, 1. c. — .Sw. & I!l( II. V. 15. A. IL 1831, 412.— Nl'TT. Man. II. 1831, 259. —Am. Orn. Hiog. IlL 1835,359; Synop. 1839, ;i8 ; II. Am. VII. 1844, 324, pL 483. Pmlihimhns lumitns, IIkkkm. Pi. Ac, Nat. ScL Pliilad. 1854, 179; Pacific U. K. Kcp. X. 1850, 77, pL 9 (young). Pixiiceps aniarctic , Lfas. Rev. Zool. 1842,
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