EARED GREBE. 1 1 1 



EARED GREBE. 



EARED DABCHICK. 

 PLATE CCII. FIGURE III. 



Podiceps auritus, LATHAM. 



Colymbus auritus, LINNAEUS. 



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. 



