142 SCLAVONIAN GREBE. Class II. 



with ferruginous; the back, scapulars, and rump, 

 dusky, faintly edged with cinereous; the wing 

 coverts, and twelve first quil feathers brown; 

 the thirteenth white on the inner web; the ele- 

 ven next all white, except the last, which is 

 brown on the outer web; the chin is black, a 

 little mottled with white ; the under part of the 

 neck, and upper breast running far behind, and 

 down under the wings, bright ferruginous ches- 

 nut; the rest of the under parts glossy satin 

 white; the back part of the thighs ferruginous 

 brown; legs dusky on the outside, pale on the 

 inside; toes pale down their middle, dusky at 

 the edges." r -^ n/ 



Such is the description given by Mr. Mon- 

 tagUt who rescued it in 1796, at Truro, from 

 the hands of a fisherman, who was about to 

 pick it. Whether it is a distinct species, a va- 

 riety of the Horned*, or even of the Eared 

 grebe, is still uncertain. Ed. -■ 



* Arct. Zool. ii. 205. 



