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encircling the neck, glossy greenish-black. Between 
the bill and eyes is a patch of reddish-brown. Streak 
behind the eyes, and the occipital tufts (or horns) buff- 
orange. Hind part of the neck, back, scapulars and 
wings, blackish-grey, the feathers having paler margins. 
Secondaries white. Fore part and sides of neck, and 
sides of the breast, rich reddish-orange. 'The rest of 
the under plumage shining silky white. In the legs, 
the outside of the tarsus is deep grey, and the inside 
pale yellowish-grey. 
Fig. 2. Represents the same bird in the state in which it is 
commonly known by the name of the Dusky Grebe, 
that is, in its first year. 
Bill bluish-grey, towards the base flesh-red. Lore red. 
Crown of the head, nape and back part of the neck, and 
the whole of the upper plumage, greyish-black, with a 
tinge of clove-brown, the dorsal feathers having paler 
margins. Chin, cheeks, and throat, pure white. Fore 
part and sides of the neck greyish. Sides and flanks 
grey. The rest of the under plumage silky white. 
Legs nearly the same as in the adult bird. 
EARED GREBE. 
Popicers avritus, Lath. 
PLATE LXXIV. Fte. 3: 
Podiceps auritus, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 781. sp. 3.—Shaw’s Zool. 13. 12.— 
Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 132. sp. 209. 
Colymbus auritus, Linn. Syst. 1. 222. 7.—Gmel. Syst. 1. 590.—Briss. Orn. 
6. 54. 6. 
Le Petit Grébe huppé, Buff: Ois. 8. 235. 
Grébe Oreillard, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 2. 725.—Lesson, Man. d’Ornith. 
2. 356. 
Gchérter oder Ohren Steissfuss, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 552.—Meyer, 
Tasschenb. 2. 435. 
Eared Dobchick, Edwards’ Glean. pl. 96. f. 2. 
Eared Grebe, Br. Zool. 2. 500. No. 227. pl. 79. fig. 1—Arct. Zool. 2. 499. 
B.—Lath. Syn. 5. 285. 4.—Lewin’s Br. Birds, 5. pl. 107.—Mont. Orn. 
Dict. and Sup. with fig. —Bewick’s Br. Birds, ed. 1826, p. t. 157. 
Young 
bird. 
