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~SCLAVONIAN GREBE. C1ass IL. 
with ferruginous; the back, scapulars, and rump, 
dusky, faintly edged with cinereous; the wing 
coverts, and twelve first quil feathers brown; 
the thirteenth white on the inner web; the ele- 
ven next all white, except the last, which is 
brown on the outer web; the chin is black, a 
little mottled with white; the under part of the 
neck, and upper breast running far behind, and 
down under the wings, bright ferruginous ches- 
nut; the rest of the under parts glossy satin 
white; the back part of the thighs ferruginous 
brown; legs dusky on the outside, pale on the 
inside; toes pale down their middle, dusky at 
the edges.” 
‘Such is the description given by Mr. Mon- 
tagu, who rescued it in 1796, at Truro, from 
the hands of a fisherman, who was about to 
pick it. Whether it is a distinct species, a va- 
riety of the Horned*, or even of the Earéd 
erebe, is still uncertain. Ep. 
* Arct. Zool. i. 206. 
