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BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE GREAT-CRESTED GREBE. 



WINTER PLUMAGE. 



THIS bird differs from the last only in being- 

 somewhat less, in having its neck, in most speci- 

 mens, striped downward on the sides with narrow 

 lines of dusky and white, and in having no crest. 



In the progress of this work, the author has been 

 favoured, by sporting friends, with several of these 

 birds, which differed from each other in the manner 

 described by Latham. In former editions this bird 

 was named the Tippet Grebe. It is now, however, 

 ascertained to be the Great-crested Grebe in winter 

 plumage. 



