Clafs IT. G R E B E. 395 



Statins * expreffes it, may in fome meafure be vin- 

 dicated. 



It is a careful" nurfe of its young, being obferved 

 to feed them mod affiduoufly, commonly with fmall 

 eels ; and when the infant brood are tired will carry 

 them either on its back or under its wings. This 

 bird preys on fifh, and is almofc perpetually diving: 

 it does not fhew much more than the head above 

 water, and is very difficult to be fhot, as it darts 

 down on the appearance of the left danger. It is 

 never feen on land ; and though disturbed ever fo 

 often, will not fly farther than the end of the lake. 

 Its fkin is out of feafon about February, lofing then 

 its bright color: and in the breeding time its bread 

 is almoft bare. The flefh of this bird is exceffively 

 rank : but the fat is of great virtue in rheumatic 

 pains, cramps and paralytic contractions. 



II. The GREBE. 



Colymbus major. Gefner a<v. Raii fyn. av. 125. 



138. Colymbus, la Grebe. Brijfon ait. 



Aldr. a<v. iii. 104. vi. 34. tab, l.fig. 1. 



Greater Loon, or Arsfoot. Wit. Colymbus urinator. Lin. Jyfi. 



orn. 339. 223. 



Greater Dobchick. Edw. av. Br. Zoo/. 133. 



360. fig. 2. 



^T^HIS differs from the preceding in being rather 



**- lefs, and in wanting the creft and ruff, which 



adorns the head of the former : in all other refpeds 



* Fludivagam fie fepe domum, madidofque penates 

 Halcyone deferta gemit ; cum pignora fasvus 

 Aufter, et algentes rapuit Thetis invida nidos. 



Tbebaid. lib. ix. 360. 



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