found in the County of Sujjex, 2 y 



appeared to be quite fmooth, without any creft, and I fuppofe it 

 was either a female or a young bird ; for, on the 27th of January in 

 this prefent year 1795, a bird of this fpecies was difcovered fitting 

 under a hedge in the parifh of Battle, at the diftance of fix or {even 

 miles from the fea : it was fo much weakened by the feverity of the 

 froft, that it fuffered itfelf to be taken, and was brought to mc 

 alive. I kept it alive till I had made drawings and a description of 

 it, during which time it erected the feathers on the top of the head 

 into two tufts or crefts, and fwelled out the white feathers beneath 

 its cheeks into a kind of ruff, fo as to make the head appear as if 

 encircled by a fort of hood. It was very pugnacious, ftriking fiercelv 

 with its fharp bill whenever I put my hand near it, and at the fame 

 time uttered a harlli fcream. According to authors this bird fpends 

 its life almoft wholly in the water : — is it not fingular then that it 

 fhould be found on dry ground, not near any water, and at fo oreat 

 a diftance from the fea, efpecially as its wings are fo fhort and unfit 

 for lono; flight ? 



No. 134. — The Eared or LefTer-crefted Grebe. Podiceps auritus* 

 This bird is very rare in our neighbourhood : 1 have had one in 



my pofTeflion, which was killed in a frefh water pond on the 2d of 



May 1789. 



No. 135. — TheAvofetta. Recurvlrojlra Avofctta, 



This bird is not uncommon on our fea-coaft in fummer ; but 

 whether it is to be found here in winter I cannot tell, as I do not 

 recollecl: to have ever feen it at that feafon. That it breeds here I 

 have been an eye-witnefs, for I remember that, fevcral years ago, 

 I found in the marines near Rye, a young one of this fpecies, which 

 appeared to have been juft hatched, and I took it *p in my 



E 2 hands, 



