Plate CCLIX. Male and Female.
Male with the bill shorter than the head, rather slender,
bluish-black, its tip yellow; feet dusky externally, dull yellow
internally; a tuft of feathers on each side behind the eyes, a larger
tuft on each side of the upper part of the neck; forehead
greyish-brown; upper part of head bluish-black, as are the sides, fore
neck anteriorly, and the ruff-feathers; a broad band over the eyes,
and the elongated tufts behind them yellowish-brown; fore neck
brownish-red; lower parts white, the sides reddish-brown, abdomen dull
grey; upper parts brownish-black, the feathers edged with greyish, the
middle secondary quills white. Young, in winter, with the feathers of
the hind head a little elongated, but no tufts or ruff; bill
bluish-grey, as are the feet; upper part of head and hind neck
greyish-black, as are the upper parts in general, the feathers of the
back edged with light grey; throat, sides of head, a broad patch on
each side of the neck, nearly meeting behind, the fore neck and lower
parts, white; sides and downy feathers of the abdomen brownish-grey;
some of the secondaries white, as in the adult.
_Male_, 14-3/4, 25-1/2.
Very common during autumn on the Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi, and all
their tributaries, as well as in all the Atlantic Districts, to Texas.
Breeds from the Great Lakes to the Fur Countries. Migratory.
Podiceps cornutus, Bonap. Syn. p. 417.
Podiceps cornutus, Horned Grebe, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer.
v. ii. p. 411.
Horned Grebe or Dobchick, Nutt. Man. v. ii. 254.
Horned Grebe, Podiceps cornutus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p.
429; v. v. p. 423.