(AMERICAN DABCHICK.)
+Podiceps dominicus+, _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 521 (Pampas);
_Baird, Brew., et Ridgw. Water-B. N. A._ ii. p. 438. +Tachybaptes
dominicus+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 150; _Durnford, Ibis_,
1877, p. 203 (Buenos Ayres), et 1878, p. 405 (Centr. Patagonia);
_White, P. Z. S._ 1882, p. 629 (Buenos Ayres); _Withington,
Ibis_, 1888, p. 473 (Lomas de Zamora). +Sylbeocyclus dominicus+,
_Scl. et Salv. Ex. Orn._ p. 190.
_Description._--Above dark brown, with blackish mottlings; wings
grey, inner secondaries and under wing-coverts white: beneath
pale whitish cinereous, chin and throat pure white; neck in front
brownish; bill plumbeous, at base yellowish; feet black: whole
length 10·0 inches, wing 4·0, tail 1·0. _Female_ similar, but not
so bright.
_Hab._ Central and South America.
This representative of the well-known "Dabchick" of Europe is found
throughout South and Central America. In the Argentine Republic, near
Buenos Ayres, it is "resident and common in the lagoons and arroyos"
(Durnford, _l. s. c._), and likewise in the Territory of Chupat.