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Beak thinner, but about as long as in the last, and 

 convex on the under mandible, on which account it 

 appears to be rather turned up ; colour all black, as 

 high at the root as it is broad ; length about 12 in. ; 

 tarsus 1 in. 61.; outer toe 2 in. 4 1. 



Summer : head and throat black, without any cravat ; a 

 yellow streak of long small pointed feathers at the back of 

 the eye ; upper parts of the body black ; under parts white, 

 with a rusty tint on the sides ; breast and sides finely spotted 

 with black. The first eleven wing feathers are always grey- 

 brown, the following pure white, the inner ones on the tip, 

 and in the outer fan black-brown. 



Winter: head above dark brown, smooth; throat and 

 cheeks white. May then best be distinguished from the last 

 by the shape of the beak. The young have the head and 

 back dark brown. Seems to be very rare in Scandinavia. 



290. P. MINOR, Lath. Sma Dopping. The Dabchick. D. 

 Beak short, from the forehead 6 1., 3 1. high at the 

 root, and 2 1. broad, black ; gape of the mouth whitish ; 

 no bushy -feathers at any season on the head, and no 

 white feathers on the wing ; length about 9 in. ; tarsus 

 1 in. 2 1. 



Summer : top of the head and back black ; front and 

 sides of the neck brown-red; lower breast silvery grey; 

 sides of the body with black-grey spots, sometimes with a 

 rusty tinge ; under parts shiny white ; eye reddish. 



Winter : head and upper parts dark greyish black ; sides 

 of the head and front of the neck rusty grey. Is met with 

 here and there in the south and middle of the country. 



G-en..Colymbus, L. 



Beak long, sharp, straight ; nostrils small, basal ; head 

 large ; no bare spots near the eyes ; legs and feet large ; 

 toes webbed, not fringed, as in the grebes ; wings small ; 

 first and second feathers longest ; tail short, rounded ; 

 eighteen to twenty feathers. 



The sexes are alike in plumage, but the male is the 

 largest; lay two large oblong eggs by the side of the water, 



