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and wings are dark brown : the legs are outwardly 

 black and inwardly greenish-yellow. The young at 

 the age of two years have the throat and the cheeks 

 white : the top of the head of a whitish-yellow, with 

 irregular zigzag brown and dusky bands : the top of 

 the head and the occiput are black, with the feathers 

 of the latter part somewhat elongated : the lower part 

 of the neck and the top of the breast are dull red 

 varied with brown, with some of the feathers on the 

 latter part and of the belly tipped with ash-colour. 



This species inhabits various parts of Europe, 

 affecting the borders of rivers, lakes, &c. ; it is ex- 

 tremely abundant in the eastern parts of the con- 

 tinent, and becomes rarer as we proceed westward. 

 In England but very few specimens have hitherto 

 been found. It subsists on small fish, insects, and 

 vegetable matter. The female lays three or four 

 greenish-white eggs, sprinkled with brown. Found 

 also in the arctic regions of America. 



HORNED GREBE. 



r (Podiceps cornutus.) 



Po. fusco-nigricans, subtus albus, alisjascid alba, collo subtus 



rufo-fidvo vel castaneo, torque nigro. 

 Dusky-brown Grebe, beneath white, the wings with a white fascia, 



the neck beneath reddish-brown or chesnut, with a black collar. 

 Podiceps cornutus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 782. Sabine, Frank. 



Voy. App. 693. 

 Colymbus cornutus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 591. 



