GREBE. 3'J 



differs only in sex ; it is called at the last named place, as well as at 

 Barbadoes, the Twopenny Chick. We have seen others from 

 Cayenne, with the belly wholly brown, and called there Soccove ; 

 it inhabits likewise Surinam and Guiana ; also as far south as Para- 

 guay, but very rarely. Mr. Fermin adds another, which he says is 

 smaller, wholly covered with cottony white feathers ; the bill yellow, 

 and legs short : this, he says, is only seen in the savannas, near 

 small ponds, and feeds on the lesser fish. Probably his may be a 

 young bird, and not distinct as to species. 



Inhabits also India, or at least one in appearance so similar as not 

 to merit description. One mentioned by Sonnini,* found in Egypt, 

 varies somewhat; the first and last of the quills are blackish, the rest 

 white : probably allied to the White-winged Species. 



10.— NEW-HOLLAND GREBE. 



LENGTH from the bill to the end of the toes, eighteen inches. 

 Bill black ; head and part of the neck dusky black; the rest of the 

 parts above waved dusky and pale grey; beneath pale grey; the 

 larger wing coverts and base half of the quills white, taking up a 

 large portion of the wing ; the outer ridge is also white ; on each 

 side of the neck a long streak of rufous, beginning just under the 

 eye; legs black, formed as in others of the Genus. 



Inhabits New-Holland, and there called Magaga, or Magager ; 

 is said to be rare. 



11. —RUFOUS-BREASTED GREBE. 



LENGTH from the tip of the bill to the end of the vent sixteen 

 inches. Bill one inch, black, with a white tip ; from the nostrils 

 on each side a brownish bar, passing over the eye, and growing 



* See Travels, ii. p. 237. 



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