Class JI. SCLAVONIAN GREBE. 141 



NIAN. 



TION. 



Podiceps cornutus. ^. P. cris- Le petit Grebe cornu. Brisson "^'^^^^Z^^' 



tatus, collo subtus castaneo, av. vi. 50. Hist. dots. viii. 



capite colloque supremo nl- 237» 



gro-virescentlbus, fasciculo Grebe de rEsclavonlc. PI. 



pone oculos aurantio-rufes- Enl. 404. f. 2. -i-l , 



cente. Lath. hid. orn. 783. Montagu, orn. diet. - - *j45 



id. Syn. v. 288. var. A. 

 Colymbus sive Podiceps minor, 



Raii Syn. p. igO. ' - 



[" THE length of this bird is thirteen inches and Descrip- 

 a half J its extent twenty-two inches. The bill, 

 near an inch long, is dusky, lighter at the base of 

 the under mandible, and inclining to pink, the 

 tip horn-color; lore crimson; irides the same, 

 but round the pupil is a circle of white, and 

 the exterior edge of the iris is nearly white. The 

 head is greatly enlarged by the feathers; those 

 on the top are black, tinged with dark green; 

 the cheeks and throat the same; the feathers 

 very long, forming a sort of ruff; from the base 

 of the upper mandible originates a broad bar of 

 dull orange yellow, that passes through the eye 

 to the hind-head, growing gradually broader; 

 these form a tuft on each side, and are some- 

 what erectable, appearing like ears; the fore- 

 head dusky ferruginous; the back of the neck 

 and upper part of the back dark brown, dashed 



