EARED GREBE, 315 



near Lycksele, and in other parts of the north of Europe 

 it is said to inhabit lakes, rivers, and pools, wherever aquatic 

 herbage is abundant. It is found in Russia, Siberia, and 

 Germany ; it is rare in Holland and France, but visits the 

 lakes of Switzerland, Provence, and Italy. M. Temniinck, 

 in the 4th part of his Manual, says it is rather common 

 in the Adriatic, and in the Bay of Cagliari, one of the 

 ports of Sardinia. Messrs. Dickson and Ross sent the 

 Zoological Society a specimen from Trebizond. Finally, 

 this bird is said to inhabit the Falkland Islands, and some 

 parts of the United States. 



The adult male in summer has the beak of a dusky- 

 lead colour, almost black, the tip of the lower mandible only 

 being- horny-white ; the irides red ; head and neck all round 

 nearly black ; chin speckled with grey ; from behind the eye 

 over the ear-coverts a triangular patch of reddish-chestnut ; 

 back, and all the upper surface of the body, dark brown ; 

 secondary wing-feathers white, but scarcely seen unless the 

 wiug is extended ; breast, and under surface of the body, 

 pure and shining silvery-white ; sides under the wings, and 

 the flanks, chestnut, mixed with dusky lines ; legs dark green 

 on the outside, lighter green within. The whole length 

 twelve inches. From the carpal joint to the end of the wing 

 five inches. 



Females and young birds in winter so nearly resemble 

 those of the so-called Dusky Grebe, figured and described 

 in the account given of the last species, except in size, and 

 in the form of the beak, as to make another description un- 

 necessary. 



