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FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



colour ; the cliin is white ; the front of the neck ash- 

 brown ; and the breast and belly a shiny greyish- white. It 

 may be mentioned here, that the Black- Chinned Grebe of 

 our early ornithologists is nothing more than the common 

 Dab-chick in its summer plumage. 



The Little Grebe is found commonly in Ireland, but 

 is not so plentiful in Scotland as in England. It is found 

 occasionally in Sweden and some other parts of Northern 

 Europe, and is said to be common in the lakes of Switzer- 

 land. 



