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ORD. II. GEN. III. GREBE. 

 SPE. V. LITTLE GREBE. 



PI. 201. 



Colymbus minor. Lin. 



La Grebe de riviere, ou le Caftagneux. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 59. 



This fpecies is the leaft of the genus that inhabits England, meafuring only 

 ten inches in length. The bill is reddifh brown : eyes hazel : the head, neck, and 

 body, reddilh brown above, growing paler toward the rump : the fides of the 

 head, and fore part of the neck, yellowifh grey : chin, greyifh white : breaft, 

 and belly, white, mottled with alh-colour and red : legs, dirty green. 



The male and female are much alike ; but in old birds the cheeks are bright 

 bay, and other parts have a mixture of red, in proportion to the age. 



The little grebe, or dobchick, as it is commonly called, not only frequents 

 the places where the foregoing fpecies are found, but is likewife met with in 

 moft of our freih waters, in which weeds abound. It makes its neft of the 

 fame materials as the others, and lays two white eggs, for a reprefentation of 

 which fee PL XLII. Fig. 3. 



All the birds of this genus feed under the furface of the water, on infedts, 

 fmall fiih, and weeds. The young accompany and are fed by the parent for 

 three months at leaft, before they are taught to provide for themfelves. 



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