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.with it near Lycksele, and in other parts of the north of 

 Europe it is said to inhabit lakes, rivers, and pools, where- 

 ever 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, Italy, Corfu, 

 and Sicily. M. Temminck, 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 Falk- 

 land 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 wing is extended ; breast, and under sur- 

 face 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 is 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 

 unnecessary. 



