( 7° ) 



ORD. II. GEN. III. GREBE. 



SPE. III. DUSKY GREBE. 



PI. 199. 



Colymbus obfcurus. Lin. 



La petite Grebe. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 56. 



This fpecies is fomewhat fmaller than the preceding ; meafuring eleven inches 

 in length, and twenty in breadth. The bill is black, edged on the fides with reddifh 

 yellow : eyes, red : from the bill to the eye the fkin is bare, and of a fine red 

 colour : the crown of the head, and all the upper fide of the body, dufky brown j 

 darkeft on the head and back ; lighteft on the forehead and wing coverts : the 

 ridge of the wing, white j and the fecondaries tipped with the fame, forming a 

 bar on the wing : the under parts of the body, white -, the breaft particularly 

 olofly: in fome the under part of the neck has more or lefs of a yellow tint; 

 in fome the whole neck is afli-coloured j and others are fpotted with black be- 

 tween the legs. 



This is found with the two former, and no doubt has the fame manners. 



