The Sandpiper.} OFORKNEY. 97 



" neck of a bright ferrugineous ; breast of a deep cinereous ; 

 " belly white ; tail short and cinereous ; legs black ; the toes 

 " not webbed together, but bordered on each side with late- 

 " ral membranes, scolloped and elegantly serrated." Vol. IV. 

 p. 67. 



GENUS XXV. THE GREBE KIND. 



Gen. Char. Bill strong, slender, sharp-pointed ; nostrils linear ; tongue slightly 

 cloven at the end ; body depressed ; feathers thick set, compact, and very 

 smooth and glossy; tail, none; wings short ; legs placed very far behind, very 

 thin, or much com pressed, doubly serrated behind; toes furnished on each side 

 with a broad plain membrane. 



Species 1. The White and Dusky Grebe. 



Brit. Zool. 397. Brit. ZooL lllus. tab. 1?.J%. 1 *. 



THIS is the only species of Grebe I know of, an inhabitant 

 of the Orkneys. It is found in our bays, lochs, and puddles 

 of fresh-water, at all times of the year ; builds in the grassy 

 loch of Aikerness with the water-hen ; makes its nest among 

 the weeds. Stays all seasons ; builds with us. 



The bill, in two specimens I lately examined, was about an 

 inch long, strong, and sharp ; the head small, and covered 



* Called in South Ronaldsha little footy-arsc. 



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