GREBE. 



289 



La Grebe de l'lfle de St. Thomas, Brif. Orn, vi. p. 58. 8. 

 Le Grebe Duc-laart, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 240. 



I Z E of a fmali Fowl. Bill one inch long, black, with a pale tip : 

 irides white: the head and upper parts are dull brown: between 

 the bill and eye is a white fpot: the under parts are white, except a 

 large fpot of black on the breaft ; and the belly, fides, and thighs, 

 fpotted with grey : the wing coverts are pale rufous : legs dufky. 



This inhabits the ifle of St. 'Thomas, and is called Duc-laart. 



8. 

 BLACK-BREAST- 

 ED GR. 



Description. 



Place. 



Le Grebe de la Louifiane, Buf. Oif viii. p. 240. — PL En!. 943. 

 Louifiane Grebe, ArSl. Zool. N° 419. 



THE bill in this fpecies is (lightly bent at the point : the upper 

 parts of the head and body deep brown : fides of the neck 

 and body, quite to the rump, ruft-coloured : middle of the 

 breaft dufky white : from the bafe of the neck to the thighs, 

 marked with large tranfverfe black fpots : legs dufky. 

 Inhabits Louifiane. 



Colymbus auritus, Lin. Sjjl. i. p. 223. 8. y.~—Faun. Suec. p. 184. — Frifch. 



t. 184. 

 La Grebe de la riviere, ou le Caftagneux, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 59. 9. — Buf. 



Oif. viii. p. 244. pi. 20. — Pi. Eni. 905. 

 Didapper, Dipper, Dobchick, &c. Raii Sjn. p. 12;. A. 3, — Will. Orn. 



p. 340. pi. 6r. 

 Little Grebe, Br. Zool. N° 226. 



Br. Maf. Lev. Muf. 



T ENGTH ten inches: breadth fixteen : weight fix ounces 



and a half. Bill not quite an inch long, and reddifh brown : 



irides reddifh hazel : all the upper parts * of the head, neck, and 



• The colour on the upper parts in fome varieties is almoft black ; fee La 

 Grebe de Riviere noiraftre, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 62. A. 



Vol. III. P p body, 



LOUISIANE GR. 

 Description. 



Place. 



10. 

 4r LITTLE GR. 



Description. 



