CAYENNE GREBE. 



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least appearance of danger they plunge under water, 

 depending very little on their wings for safety. They 

 are common in the fens and lakes of various parts of 

 England, where they breed : the female forms her nest, 

 which is of a large size, of various aquatic plants, 

 leaving it floating amongst the reeds, to the mercy 

 of the waves ; she lays four white eggs, slightly mar- 

 bled with deep brown. 



Their principal food consists of fishes, in pursuit 

 of which they dive excellently. They change their 

 situations according to the season, frequenting the 

 mouths of large rivers, when the severity of the frost 

 freezes the ponds. In their migrations they skim 

 along the surface of the sea. They inhabit most 

 parts of Europe from the Mediterranean to the 

 Northern Seas : they are also found in America. 



CAYENNE GREBE. 



(Podiceps Cayanus.) 



Po. fusco-nigricans, suhtus albus, collo suhtus rufo. 

 Brovvn-black Grebe, beneath white, with the neck beneath red. 

 Podiceps Cayanus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 781. 

 Colymbus Cayennensis. Gmel, St/si. Nat. \. 593. 

 Le Grand Grebe. Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 242. 

 Grebe de Cayenne. Buff, PI. Enl. 404./ 1. 

 Cayenne Grebe. Lath. Gen. Syst, 5. 284. Lath. Gen. Hist. 

 X. 34. 



This bird inhabits Cayenne : it is nearly twenty 

 inches in length : its beak is dusky ; the under man- 



