PLATE XXIX. 



COLYMBUS AURITUS. 

 Eared Grebe. 



A N S E R E S. 



Bill obtufe, covered with a thin membrane, broad, gibbous below 

 the bafe, fwelled at the apex. Tongue fleftiy. Legs naked. Feet 

 finned, or webbed. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Bill ftraight, {lender, pointed. Noftrils linear, at the bafe of the 

 bill. Legs near the tail. Feet webbed. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Bill curved a little upwards at the point. Lore and irides crimfon. 

 Head black, with an orange-coloured tuft of feathers behind each eye* 

 Breaft filvery white. Ridge and tips of the wings white. Legs olive. 

 Colymbus Auritus. Linn, Syji. L p. 222. 8. 

 Fn, Sv. 152. 

 Scop. Ann. L N° IOO. 

 Mutter, p. 20. 

 Eared Qrebe. Br. Z00L N Q 224. pi. 79. 

 Arcl. Z00L p. 499. B, 

 Lath, Gen. Syn. 5. 284. 4. 

 Eared Dobchick. Edw. pi. 96. fig. 2, 

 La Grebe a oreilles. Brif. Qrn. 6. p, 54. 6> 



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