. Illustrations of ornithology . ^/i?s/irf/>.j Ar//t / ; /iAs(Usj Jo. />s/f, r;/,/, PODICEPS POLIOCEPHALUS, (nobis).Hoary-headed Grebe. PLATE XIII. P. supra brurmeus, plumis capiti, genisque elongatis, apicibus albis, subtus argenteo-albidus. J. he length of this species appears to be about eleven inches; but the diffi-culty of measuring a specimen correctly after it has been stuffed, must allowfor any error in its dimensions. The bill is an inch and an eighth long, green-ish-yellow, with the edges paler; the forehead, crown, and upper part of theback of the neck, blackish-brown, shaded
. Illustrations of ornithology . ^/i?s/irf/>.j Ar//t / ; /iAs(Usj Jo. />s/f, r;/,/, PODICEPS POLIOCEPHALUS, (nobis).Hoary-headed Grebe. PLATE XIII. P. supra brurmeus, plumis capiti, genisque elongatis, apicibus albis, subtus argenteo-albidus. J. he length of this species appears to be about eleven inches; but the diffi-culty of measuring a specimen correctly after it has been stuffed, must allowfor any error in its dimensions. The bill is an inch and an eighth long, green-ish-yellow, with the edges paler; the forehead, crown, and upper part of theback of the neck, blackish-brown, shaded into the paler tint of the cheeksand neck, and at the back of the neck coming to a point, and mixing withthe colours of that part; the tips of the feathers on the forehead, above theeyes, on the cheeks, and extending half-way down the sides of the neck, areconsiderably elongated, and are pure white, giving to those parts a very whiteor hoary appearance; the back of the neck, back and wings, are dull umber-brown, darkest on the back, and there having the feathers occas
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