SCLAVONIAN GREBE. 
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tLan rests, and is more wet than dry ; the eggs are three or 
four in number, agreeing in shape, size, and colour, witli the 
one represented in our plate. 
It is a remarkable fact in the character of this species, that 
it generally swims about near the shore, and scarcely ever 
dives on the approach of danger until it has become im¬ 
minent ; all other known grebes dive the moment they 
perceive danger. 
The adult male of the Sclavonian Grebe measures thirteen 
inches and a half in length ; the beak from the forehead ten 
lines and a half; the wing from the carpus to the tip nearly 
six inches ; the tarsus one inch and three quarters. The 
plumage in the spring of the year is as follows:—the fore¬ 
head, occiput, and the ruff that surrounds the head and upper- 
part of the neck are dusky black, of a glossy texture, and 
reflecting purple where the light shines upon them ; the space 
from the beak to the eye, is carmine red ; the feathers around 
the eye, and those that compose the horned tuft on the back 
of the head, are of a bright orange brown colour ; these 
feathers are so numerous, that the tufts cannot, under any 
circumstances, be made to lie close, and when the bird 
carries them erect, they are very ornamental; the neck and 
upper part of the breast are very rich ferruginous chestnut; 
the nape, hinder part of the neck, and all the upper parts are 
dusky; the tips of the secondaries are white, and form a con¬ 
spicuous band across the wing; all the under parts are white, 
the sides and flanks intermixed with dusky and ferruginous ; 
under tail-coverts white ; the beak is black; the base of the 
under mandible pale pink ; the tip blossom colour; the eyes 
are yellow around the pupil, and bright red on the outer 
circle ; the eyelids like die surrounding feathers of the eyes ; 
the legs and feet are black on their outer surface, and grey on 
the inner ; but all tinged with pale brown pink. 
