132 BIRDS. PALMIPIDES. Podiceps. 



white. Lores crimson. Crown and crest black ; a large tuft of bay feathers ori- 

 ginate at the base of the bill, and along the eye, increasing in length, and spread- 

 ing like ears. Front, neck, and breast, red ; back black; belly white ; the sides 

 rufous. Wings black, secondaries white. Female similar Nest like the pre- 

 ceding. Young destitute of crest or auricles ; lores white ; above dusky ; neck 

 without red ; bill corneous — In the stomach of a young male, shot 18th Janu- 

 ary 1809, I found a concretion upwards of half an -inch in diameter, consist- 

 ing of its own belly feathers, closely matted together. Montagu, in his Suppt. 

 states, that he has observed the same occurrence in the red necked and crest- 

 ed species. Are these to be considered as analogous to bezoars ? 



209- P. auritus. Eared Grebe. — Bill shorter than the head, 

 black, depressed over the nostrils; a little recurved; from nos- 

 trils to the tip 6 or 7 lines. 



Col. aur. Linn. Syst. i. 222. — Eared and Dusky Grebes, Venn. Brit. Zool. 

 ii. 500. and 501 P. aur. Temm. Orn. ii. 725. — Resident. 



Length 12, breadth 22 inches ; weight 1 pound. Bill about an inch ; the 

 ridge of the upper mandible nearly straight at the end, the lower one sloping 

 upwards, giving the bill a subrecurved appearance. Irides scarlet ; lores red- 

 dish. Face, crown, and short crest, black. Auricular tuft yellow, shaded to 

 orange, taking its rise behind the eye. Throat, neck, sides of the breast, and 

 back, black ; sides chesnut ; belly white. Legs, without, dusky, the inside 

 greenish. Female similar — Nest and eggs like the preceding, but smaller. The 

 young are like those of the Horned Grebe ; but the shape of the bill and co- 

 lour of the irides serve to distinguish them at all ages. 



210. P. minor. Little Grebe. — Bill very short, stout, com- 

 pressed ; from the nostrils to the tip 5 lines. 



Will. Orn. 258 Little Grebe and Black-chin, Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 501. 



— Col. Hebridicus, Sower. Brit. Misc. tab. 70 — P. minor, Temm. Orn. 



ii. 727 F, Didapper, Dipper, Dobchick, Douker, Small Loon or Ars- 



foot Resident. 



Length 10, breadth 1C inches; weight G ounces. Bill about an inch, black ; 

 the base of the lower mandible and lores whitish ; feet greenish outwardly, 

 tinged with red on the inside. Irides reddish-brown. Crown, nape, and 

 throat, black ; side and fore-neck chesnut ; breast and sides dusky ; belly grey- 

 ish ; thighs and rump reddish. Dorsally glossy black, tinged with olive. 

 Primaries greyish-brown ; secondaries white on the inner webs. Female simi- 

 lar Eggs 5 or G, white, covered up when the parent leaves the nest. The 



youny have the head and neck white, mottled with brown. 



Gen. XCIV. COLYMBUS. Divek.— Tail short, rounded. 

 Tarsus much compressed. 



211. C. glacialis. Northern Diver. — Bill upwards of 4 in- 

 cites in length ; its ridge above the nostrils carinated ; under 

 mandible deepest in the middle. 



C. maximus caudatus, Will. Orn. 258 C. m. stellatus, Sibb. Scot. 20. — 



C. glacialis, Linn. Syst. i. 221. Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 523. Temm. 

 Orn. ii. 910. — F, The Greatest Diver, Loon; S, Herdsman of the Sea, 

 Emmer Goose ; G, Mur-buachaill. — On the coast, during winter 

 chiefly. 



Length 41 inches, breadth 5 feet ; weight 10 pounds. Bill dusky, the ridge 

 ot the upper mandible slightly bent downwards, especially at the apex ; the 



