Cuass II. 
Podiceps minor. P. fulvo-fus- 
cus, corpore subtus macula 
remigum uropygioque infimo 
albo-argenteis, collo subtus 
griseo-fulvo. Lath. Ind. orn. 
784. id. Syn. v. 289. 
Le Castagneux, ou Zoucet. 
Belon av. 177. 
Mergulus fluviatilis (Ducche- 
lin, Arssfuss). Gesner av. 
141. 
Trapazorola arzauolo, Piom- 
bin. Aldr. av. iii. 105. 
Didapper, Dipper, Dobchick, 
LITTLE GREBE. 
small Doucker, 
Arsfoot. Wil. orn. 340. 
Raut Syn. av. 125. 
Colymbus fluviatilis, le Grebe 
de Riviere, ou le Castag- 
neux. Brisson av. vi. 5Q- 
Hist. dois. viii. 244. Pl. 
Enl. 905. 
Colymbus minor. Gm. Lin. 
5Ql. 
Kleiner Seehahn, or Noerike. 
Frisch, ti. 184. 
Faun. Suec. sp. 152. 
Br. Zool. 134. 
Tue weight of this species is from six to seven 
ounces. The length to the rump ten inches ; to 
the end of the toes thirteen ; the breadth sixteen. 
The head is thick set with feathers, those on the 
cheeks, in old birds, are of a bright bay; the 
top of the head, and whole upper side of the 
body, the neck and breast, are of a deep brown, 
tinged with red; the greater quil feathers dus- 
ky; the interior webs of the lesser white ; the 
belly is ash-colored, mixed with a silvery white, 
and some red; the legs are of a dirty green. 
The wings of this species, as of all the tribe, 
are small, and the legs placed far behind; so 
that they walk with great difficulty, and very 
seldom fly. ‘They trust their safety to diving, 
137 
Loon, or 4. LITTLE. 
DeEscrIpP- 
TION. 
