Plate CCCCIV. Adult and Young.
Male with the bill considerably shorter than the head, rather stout,
bluish-black; feet dusky grey externally, greenish-grey on the inner
side; a tuft of very long loose feathers on each side of the head,
behind the eye and covering the ears, orange; head and neck all round
deep black; upper parts brownish-black, the wings greyish-brown, with
a broad patch of white, the secondary quills being of that colour;
lower parts silvery-white, except the sides of the body and rump,
which are light red. Young, in autumn, with the tufts not developed;
the upper part brownish-black, the neck tinged with grey behind, the
secondary quills white; throat, and a broad band curving behind the
ear so as almost to meet the other on the nape, greyish-white; neck
light brownish-grey in front; lower parts of the body and rump dusky
grey.
_Adult_ 13, wing 5-8/12.
Very rare, and not found by me in America.
Eared Dobchick or Grebe, Podiceps auritus, Nutt. Man. v. ii.
p. 256.
Eared Grebe, Podiceps auritus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 108.