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BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE GREAT-CRESTED GREBE. 



SUMMER PLUMACK. 



GREATER-CRESTED DOUCKER, CARGOOSE, ASH-COLOURED 

 LOOX, OR GAUNT. 



(Podiceps CristatuS) Lath. (rrcbc ///////, Temm.) 



THIS is the largest of the Grebes, weighing about 

 two pounds and a half, and measuring twenty-one 

 inches in length, and thirty in breadth. The bill is 

 about two inches and a quarter long, dark at the 

 tip, and red at the base: the bare stripe, or lore, 

 between the bill and the eyes, is, in the breeding 



