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dusky ; irides fine pale crimson ; the males have a 

 pendent ruff round the neck, and tufts of feathers 

 like ears ', the upper parts are mouse colour ; beneath 

 silvery white; the legs are dusky inside; the toes 

 pale green. 



Weight 21 Ib. length 21 inches. 



2. OBSCURUS. DUSKY GREBE. 



P.fusco-nigricanssubtusalbm, macula utrinque inter 

 rostrum et oculum, marginibus alarum remigi- 

 busque intermediis candidis. Lath. 



The bill is pale blue, with reddish edges; the lore 

 and orbits red ; irides bright yellow ; the upper part 

 of, the head, hinder part of the neck, scapulars and 

 rump sooty black, or mouse colour ; the back glossy ; 

 secondaries white ; fore- part of the neck light brown ; 

 the breast and belly glossy white ; the legs are white 

 behind, pale blue on the inner side, and toes blue. 



Var. mandibles yellow. 



The female lays 4 white eggs. 



3. AURITUS. EARED GREBE, OR DOB-CHICK. 



P. fusco-nigricans subtus albus, capite nigro, auribus 

 cristaio-ferrugineis. Lath. 



The bill is slender black, at the base reddish 



