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GREBE. 



broader, meets under the nape ; head, chin, throat, neck behind, 

 back, and rump, black ; fore part of the neck, breast, and sides, 

 bright rufous brown ; belly and vent silvery white; wing coverts in 

 general brown ; greater quills black; secondaries white, forming a 

 bar, an inch broad, on the wing. 



Found in the neighbourhood of Detroit, in North America. — 

 General Davies. 



12— CAYENNE GREBE. 



Podiceps Cayanus, Ind. Om. ii. 781. 



Colymbus Cayanensis, Gm. Lin. i. 593. 



Le grand Grebe, Buf. viii. 242. PL ml. 404. f. 1. 



Cayenne Grebe, Gen. Syn. v. 284. 



LENGTH nineteen inches and a half. The bill dusky, beneath 

 yellow at the base ; the head, and upper parts of the neck and body 

 dusky brown ; fore parts, as far as the breast and sides, rufous, the 

 last mixed with brown ; breast and upper part of the belly white ; the 

 lower and vent brown ; legs dusky. — Inhabits Cayenne. 



13- BLACK-BREASTED GREBE. 



Podiceps Thomensis, Ind. Om. ii. 784. 



Colymbus Thomensis, Gm. Lin. i. 592. 



Colymbus Insula S. Thomee, Bris. vi. 58. Id. 8vo. ii. 374. 



Le Grebe Duc-Iaart, Buf. viii. 240. 



Black-breasted Grebe, Gen. Syn. v. 2S9. 



SIZE of a small Fowl. Bill black, one inch long, tip pale ; the 

 irides white; head, and upper parts dull brown; between the bill 

 and eye a white spot; the under parts white, except a large spot of 

 black on the breast ; belly and sides spotted with grey ; wing coverts 

 pale rufous ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits the Isle of St. Thomas, and is called Duc-laart. 



