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I, Syn.j 



r \rTxrntt 1 LITTLE GREBE, DOB- 



5. M1NOK. VrnirK DOnrKFR OR 



HEBRIDICUS, Q - > ( CK ' CKER? ( 



DIPPER . 



P. fulvo-fiiscus, corpore subtus macula remigum 

 uropyyioque inftmo albo-argenteis, collo subtus 

 griseo-fulvo. Lath. 



The bill is dusky reddish ; the irides are hazel ; 

 the head thickly cloathed with feathers, which it can 

 puff up to a great size, or lay down at pleasure 5 

 the cheeks are bright bay ; the neck, breast, and 

 upper parts brown or chesnut colour, tinged with 

 red; the belly is silvery white; the thighs and vent 

 are grey ; the legs are dirty olive-green. 



The length is about 10 niches, the weight 7oz. 



The female lays from 4 to 6 yellowish white eggs. 



6. CORNUTUS. SCLAVONIAN GREBE. 



P. cristatus, collo subtus pectoreque fulvis, capite 

 nigro tumido, per oculos fascia cirrhala flava* 

 Lath. 



The bill is long, at the tip horn-colour, at the 

 base inclining to pink ; lore crimson ; the irides crim- 

 son; round the pupil is a. c'nvle ui' white;' the head 

 is black, at the top tinged uitn dark greeu , the 

 cheeks and throat are the same ; from the base of 



