PLATE LXVIIL 



PODICEPS CRISTATUS. 

 CRESTED 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 flefhy. Legs naked. Feet 

 webbed, or finned. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill ftrong, flender, ftiarp pointed. Noftril linear. Lore 

 bafe of feathers. Body deprefled. Feathers thick, fmooth and 

 glofly. No Tail. Wings fhort. Legs placed far behind, much 

 comprefled, and doubly at the back part. Toes furnimed on each 

 fide with a broad plain membrane *. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONTMS. 



Above black brown. Beneath filvery white. Feathers of the Head 

 long, and forming two ears above, and a ruff below. 



* Latham* 



I COLYMBUS 



