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DABCHICK. 



DOUG HICK. LITTLE GREBE. BLACK-CHINKED GREBE. 

 DIDAPPER. DUCKER. DIPPER. SMALL DOUCKER. LOOl*. 



Colymbus Hebridicus, GMELIN. 



minor, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Hebridicus, MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



Colymbus A Diver. Hebridicus Belonging to the Hebrides. 



THIS small species is common in Europe, in Switzerland, 

 and is found in France, Italy, Holland, and Germany. 



It is noticed also at the Cape of Good Hope, and in 

 other parts of South Africa. In Asia it appears to exist 

 likewise in the same latitudes. 



The Dabchick is very generally distributed over the British 

 Islands, and though more commonly seen perhaps in winter 

 than in summer, appears both in the extreme north and the 

 farthest south at all seasons. 



Its natural home is the water, both the open lake and the 

 village pond, the gently flowing river and the still pool, the 

 narrow streamlet and at times the edge of the open sea. 

 In winter, when the frost has shut the door of its natural 

 larder, it betakes itself to the salt water, if within reach, 

 and is then to be found in bays and sea-side pools. 



In the 'Zoologist,' page 1601, J. H. Gurney and W. K. 

 Fisher, Esqrs., relate that more than one specimen of the 

 Little Grebe were taken about the 14th. of December, 1846, 

 in the streets of Norwich; and on the 23rd., a gentleman, 

 who was passing about eleven o'clock at night along the 

 street, was surprised by a bird of this species suddenly 

 striking against the wall near a gas-lamp, which was above 



