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encircling the neck, glossy greenish-black. Between 

 the bill and eyes is a patch of reddish-brown. Streak 

 behind the eyes, and the occipital tufts (or horns) buff- 

 orange. Hind part of the neck, back, scapulars and 

 wings, blackish-grey, the feathers having paler margins. 

 Secondaries white. Fore part and sides of neck, and 

 sides of the breast, rich reddish-orange. The rest of 

 the under plumage shining silky white. In the legs, 

 the outside of the tarsus is deep grey, and the inside 

 pale yellowish-grey. 



Fig, Q. Represents the same bird in the state in which it is Young 

 commonly known by the name of the Dusky Grebe, 

 that is, in its first year. 



Bill bluish-grey, towards the base flesh-red. Lore red. 

 Crown of the head, nape and back part of the neck, and 

 the whole of the upper plumage, greyish-black, with a 

 tinge of clove-brown, the dorsal feathers having paler 

 margins. Chin, cheeks, and throat, pure white. Fore 

 part and sides of the neck greyish. Sides and flanks 

 grey. The rest of the under plumage silky white. 

 Legs nearly the same as in the adult bird. 



EARED GREBE. 



PODICEPS AURITUS, Lath. 

 PLATE LXXIV. FIG. 3. 



Podiceps auritus, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 781. sp. 3 Shaw's Zool. 13. 12, 



Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 132. sp. 209. 

 Colymbus auritus, Linn. Syst. 1. 222. 7 Gmel Syst. 1. 590 Briss. Orn. 



6. 54. 6. 



Le Petit Grebe hupp^, Buff. Ois. 8. 235. 

 Grebe Oreillard, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 725 Lesson, Man. d'Ornith. 



2. 356. 

 Gchorter oder Ohren Steissfuss, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 552 Meyer, 



Tasschenb. 2. 435. 



Eared Dobchick, Edwards' Glean, pi. 96. f. 2. 

 Eared Grebe, Br. ZooL 2. 500. No. 227. pL 79. fig. 1 Arct. Zool. 2. 499. 



B Lath. Syn. 5. 285. 4 Lewin's Br. Birds, 5. pL 107 Mont. Orn. 



Diet, and Sup. with fig Bewick's Br. Birds, ed. 1826, p. t. 157. 



