. The water birds of North America . VI. 1760, 64, pi. 5, fig. 2).Podiccps dominicus. Lath. Ind, Orn. II. 1790, 785. — Baird, Rep. U. S. & Mex. Bound. Survey, II. 1859, pt. ii. Birds, 28 ; Birds N. Am. ed. I860, pi. 99, fig. 1 ; Cat. N. Am. B. 1S59, no. 708 (». — Coues, Key, 1S72, 338 ; Check List, 1873, no. 613 ; ed. 2, 1S82, no. dominicus, Coues, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1S62, (Tachybaptes) dominicus, Coues, Birds N. \V. 1S74, , Ridgw. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 734. Hab. The whole of tropical America, both continental and Antillean ; sou
. The water birds of North America . VI. 1760, 64, pi. 5, fig. 2).Podiccps dominicus. Lath. Ind, Orn. II. 1790, 785. — Baird, Rep. U. S. & Mex. Bound. Survey, II. 1859, pt. ii. Birds, 28 ; Birds N. Am. ed. I860, pi. 99, fig. 1 ; Cat. N. Am. B. 1S59, no. 708 (». — Coues, Key, 1S72, 338 ; Check List, 1873, no. 613 ; ed. 2, 1S82, no. dominicus, Coues, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1S62, (Tachybaptes) dominicus, Coues, Birds N. \V. 1S74, , Ridgw. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 734. Hab. The whole of tropical America, both continental and Antillean ; south to Paraguay,north to Texas and Lower California. Sp. Char. Adult, breeding-plumage: Head and neck dark grayish or dull plumbeous, thepileum slightly glossy greenish black, the chin and throat dull black ; remaining upper parts duskybrown, the remiges light brownish gray, with their inner webs chiefly white. Lower parts white,clouded, chiefly beneath the surface, with grayish dusky, the sides and crissum uniform grayish. brown, the jugulum similar, sometimes tinged with ferruginous. Bill deep black, the tip paler ;iris orange ; legs and feet blackish. Winter plumage: Similar to the preceding, but chin andthroat white, and the lower parts more uniformly white. Downy young: Head and neck markedwith white and dusky black lines ; upper parts uniform dusky, lower grayish Total length, about inches ; wing, ; culmen, .90 ; depth of bill at base, .35 ; tarsus, ; middle toe, without claw, 1 The downy young are thus described by M. Taczanowski, in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1882, p. 49 : — The young ones in down, collected in July, have the top of the head black, with a rufous spot in themiddle and a series of white stripes disposed in the following manner : a median stripe in front of the PODICIPID^E — THE GREBES — PODICEPS. 439 This diminutive Grebe is a West Indian, Mexican, Central American, and SouthAmerican species, coming within our fauna only
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