Class II. 



LITTLE GREBE. 



137 



Podiceps minor. P. fulvo-fus- 

 cus, corpore subtus macula 

 remigum uropygioque infimo 

 albo-argenteis, collo subtus 

 griseo-fulvo. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 784. id. Syn. v. 289. 



Le Castagneux, ou Zoucet. 

 Belon av. 177. 



Mergulus fluviatilis (Ducche- 

 lin, Arssfuss). Gesner av. 

 141. 



Trapazorola arzauolo, Piom- 

 bin. Aldr. av. iii. 105. 



Didapper, Dipper, Dobchick, 



small Doucker, Loon, or 4. Little. 



Arsfoot. Wil. orn. 340. 

 Rait Syn. av. 125. 

 Colymbus fluviatilis, le Grebe 



de Riviere, ou le Castag- ^ 



neux. Brisson av. vi. 59. 



Hist, d'ois. viii. 244. PI. 



Enl. 905. 

 Colymbus minor. Gm. Lin, 



591. 

 Kleiner Seehahn, or Noerike. 



Frisch, ii. 184. 

 Faun. Suec. sp. 152. 

 Br. Zool. 134. 



TION. 



X HE weight of this species is from six to seven Descrip- 

 ounces. The length to the rump ten inches ; to 

 the end of the toes thirteen ; the breadth sixteen. 

 The head is thick set with feathers, those on the 

 cheeks, in old birds, are of a bright bay ; the 

 top of the head, and whole upper side of the 

 body, the neck and breast, are of a deep brown, 

 tinged with red; the greater quil feathers dus- 

 ky ; the interior webs of the lesser white ; the 

 belly is ash-colored, mixed with a silvery white, 

 and some red ; the legs are of a dirty green. 

 The wings of this species, as of all the tribe, 

 are small, and the legs placed far behind; so 

 that they walk with great difficulty, and very 

 seldom fly. They trust their safety to diving, 



