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TAB. LXX. 



COLYMBUS hebridicus? 

 Small Black-chinned Grebe. 



Gen. Char. Bill toothless, subulate, straight, 

 pointed. Throat toothed. Nostrils linear, at 

 the base of the bill. Legs fettered. 



Spec. Char. Head smooth. Body blackish. Chin 

 black. Throat ferruginous. Belly cinereous, 

 mixed with a silvery hue. 



Syn. Black Chin Grebe. — Colymhus Hehridalis, 

 Perm. no. 227. 

 Colymbus Hebridicus ? Gmel. 594. 



1 HAT a pair of Black-chinued Grebes should be taken with 

 nest and eggs at Chelsea, must appear to all a very extra- 

 ordinary circumstance, as the bird is understood to have 

 been found only on the island of Tirie in Scotland. 



So little has been said of it, that we readily transcribe 

 all that is related in Pennant. " Rather larger than the 

 Little Grebe or Dobchick ; chin black; fore part of the 

 neck ferruginous; hind part mixed with dusky ; belly ci- 

 nereous and silver intermixed." Having the birds before 

 us, we think it would be unpardonable if we did not add a 

 little to this account, by way of ascertaining whether this is 

 the same bird as that of the Hebrides. Ours is rather less 



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