BIRDS. PINNATIPEDES. 46. Podiceps. 65 



black line, with a white one above it : primary quills dusky, fome 

 of the inner-ones tipt with white : legs dusky or greenish. 



219. P. auritus: Blackish-brown, breast and belly white: 

 ' ears with an orange tuf* : sides dull ferruginous. 



c. Head and tufts brown : sides of the head white : neck before 

 and sides white with ferruginous fpots. 

 Eared Grebe. Br. Zool. t. 79. Lewin t. 198. Donou. t. 29. 



Length 12 inches : extent 22 : weight 



Bill black, reddish at the bafe : iris red :, head and neck black : 

 zvings with a white band and edge near the first joint : legs dusky- 

 or dull green. 



220. P. obscarus.; Dusky-brown, beneath white: from 

 the bill to the eyes a bald reddish or brown stripe : 

 edge of the wings and middle quill-feathers white. 



Dusky Grebe. Br. Zool.t. 78. ■ Lewin t. 199. Donov. t. 44. 



Length 11 inches : extent 20 : weight 



Bill blackish, with a red or flesh-colour edge : iris red : cheeks 

 in some ferruginous : .front often white : primary quills dusky ; legs 

 dusky green, fometimes fpotted between them. 



2&1: P. Cornutus. Head crested, tumid, black with a 

 tinge of green: from the bill through the eyes a 

 dull orange bar : under part of the neck bright 

 chesnut. , 



Horned Grebe. Sloan Jam. t. 271. f. 1. Montague Diet. 



Length 13 inches and a half - : extent 22 : weight 



Bill dusky: iris and lores crimfon : round the pupil a circle of 

 white: cheeks and throat with a blackish-green ruff: from the bill 

 abroad orange stripe forming a tuft on each side the hind-head: 

 front dark ferruginous: body above dark brown mixed with ferru- 

 ginous and grey: inner-quills white: chin black, a little mixed 

 with white : belly and vent glossy white : legs dusky on the out- 

 side, pale within. 



222. P. rubricollis: Head slightly crested : body above 

 deep brown: cheeks and chin pale cinereous: forepart 

 of the neck red ferruginous : belly and secondary 

 quills white. 



2. Head fmooth, black : neck mixed with dusky on the fore-part; . 

 belly mottled with dusky. 



3. A white band across the lower part of the neck. 

 Red-necked Grebe. Lewin t. 200. Donovan t. 6. Walcot t. 103. 



Length 18 inches : extent 2 feet 4 : weight 



Bill black, yellowish towards the bafe: iris orange : lores brown 

 or blackish: cheeks and part of the neck light grey : breast mixed 

 ferruginous and dusky: sides with dusky marks: wings with a 

 white band : legs dusky. 



223. P. minor. Reddish-brown, breast and belly silvery- 

 white mottled with grey : cheeks pale ferruginous : 

 fore-part of the neck grey : lowest part of the rump 

 and spot on the wings silvery- white. 



Didapper, Dabchick. Lewin t. 201. Donovan t.,56. Walcot 1. 105. 



Length 10 inches : extent 17 inches.: weight 6-7 ounces. 



Bill brown: iris red-hazel ; cheeks in the youhg bird and, female 

 light grey, and the plumage with a less mixture of ferruginous : 

 quills dusky; the inner-webs of the lesser white ; legs dirty green. 



224. P. hehridicm. Blackish, chin black: fore- part of 

 the neck ferruginous, hind-part with a dusky mixture: 

 belly mixed silvery white and grey. 



