EARED GBEBE. 



EAEED DABCHICK. 



PLATE CCII. PIG. III. 



Podiceps auritus, LATHAM. 



Colymbus auritus, LINNJEUS. 



THE bird before us builds its nest of and among reeds and rushes, 

 and places it by the edge of a pond or pool. 



The eggs are of a pure white colour, sometimes with and sometimes 

 without a tinge of blue; the surface is rough. They are of a regular 

 oval shape, widest in the middle, and tapering towards each end. 

 Their number, three or four, or, Selby says, four or five. 



Incubation is said by Meyer to last three weeks. 



