. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. r r -J PODICIPIDiE — THE GREBES — PODILYMBUS. 441 g from a from in J poiliccps. le culmen jrcd turuii- Had. Greater part of South America, whole of Middle America, West Indies, and temperate North Anjerica, hrecdiny neiirly tlirou-^hout its range. South to Brazil, Bueiios Ayres, and Chili, north to British Provinces. BermiKlas. Sp. Char. Adult, hreediug-idmuuje: Chin, throat, and a spot at the base of the nmndilde. black ; rest of the head and neck brownisli },'ray, darker on the pileum and na
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. r r -J PODICIPIDiE — THE GREBES — PODILYMBUS. 441 g from a from in J poiliccps. le culmen jrcd turuii- Had. Greater part of South America, whole of Middle America, West Indies, and temperate North Anjerica, hrecdiny neiirly tlirou-^hout its range. South to Brazil, Bueiios Ayres, and Chili, north to British Provinces. BermiKlas. Sp. Char. Adult, hreediug-idmuuje: Chin, throat, and a spot at the base of the nmndilde. black ; rest of the head and neck brownisli },'ray, darker on the pileum and nape, ligliter on the sides of the heatl, the malar region light ashy, streaked with dusky. Ujiper parts unil'ornj dusky grayish brown, the remiges paler, the inner webs of the secondaries tijjped with white ; lower ]tart» grayish white, everywhere spotted with dusky grayish. Bill milk-white, crossed past the middle. Summer adult. ge, but bill 'odicrpn Will"!" ITtiO, C3). 15. IS.'iO, »»• 37. _ UuKiw. Man. II. IS"'. 24, pi. 483. X. 18.'.0, 1 RiMicrnl a b"''' ; ( l)y a black band, the terminal portion more bluish ; eyelids white ; naked lores bluish ; iris rich dark brown, with a narrow outer ring of ochraceous-whiti', and an inner thread-like ring of pure white ; tarsi and toes greenish slate-lilack on the outer, and plumbeous on the inner side.' U'inler pluvuvjn: Head and neck dull brownisli, darker on the |)ileum and nape, and becoming white on the chin and throat (sometimes also on the malar region); hiwer parts silvery white, brownish later- ally and posteriorly ; upper parts as in the summer jduniage. Bill horn-color, becoming blackish basally and on the culmen; lower mandilde more lilaceous, with a dusky lateral stri])e ; iris of three distinct colors, disposed in concentric rings, the first (around the pupil) clear milk-white, tiie next dark olive-brown, the outer pale ochraccous-brown, the dark ring reticidated into the
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