4 CRESTED GREBE. 



Tippet Grebe. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 283. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 

 222.;;;. 78. Bew. Brit. Birds, 2. 157. 



In the adult state this bird is upwards of eighteen 

 inches in length ; its beak is dull red, brown above 

 and white at its tip : its irides are crimson : its face 

 is white : the top of the head, and crest thereon, as 

 well as the ruff on each side beneath its cheeks, are 

 deep glossy black, shaded off into reddish on each 

 side of its head : all the upper parts of the plumage 

 are brown and dusky : the secondary quills are pure 

 white : the under parts of the body are glossy silvery 

 white, tinged with reddish at the sides of the breast 

 and near the insertion of the wings : between the 

 base of the beak and the eye is a naked red space : 

 the legs are dusky externally and yellowish-white 

 internally. The female is rather smaller, and the 

 feathers of the crest and ruff are shorter ; the colours 

 of the plumage are less brilliant. The young at the 

 age of two years, after moulting, have the occipital 

 crest very short, edged with white feathers, the face 

 is white without the red shades, and the ruff is very 

 slight : a dusky irregular band runs from the beak 

 beneath the eyes to the occiput : before moulting the 

 crest and ruff are not indicated ; the forehead and 

 the face are white : these parts, as well as the top of 

 the neck, are varied with dusky brown stripes, dis- 

 posed on all sides in zigzag forms : the irides are 

 bright yellow : the beak is livid red. The young of 

 one year before moulting have the head and the top 

 of the neck of a deep brown. 



These birds inhabit the borders of the sea, lakes, 

 ponds, or rivers, and are rarely seen on land : on the 



