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BLACK-BREASTED GHEBE. 



dible is yellow at the base : its head, and the upper 

 parts of the neck and body, are dusky brown : the 

 fore parts of the neck, as far as the breast and the 

 sides, are rufous ; the sides being varied with brown : 

 the breast and upper parts of the belly are white ; the 

 lower part and vent are brown : the legs are dusky. 



BLACK-BREASTED GREBE. 



(Podiceps Thomensis.) 



Po. fuscus, sublus nlbus maculis griseis, remlgibus paliide riifisy 



macula pectoris nigra. 

 Brown Grebe, beneath white with grey spots, the quills pale 



rufous, the breast with a black spot. 

 Podiceps Thomensis. Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. 784. 

 Colymbus Thomensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 592. 

 Colymbus Insulse St. Thomse. Briss. Orn. 6. 58. 

 Le Grebe Duc-laart. Buff. Hist. Nat, Ois. 8. 240. 

 Black-breasted Grebe, Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 289. Lath. Gen, 



Hist. X. 34. 



According to BufFon this species inhabits the 

 island of St. Thomas, where it is called Duc-laart. 

 It is the size of a small fowl : its beak is one inch in 

 length, black, with its tip pale : its irides are white : 

 the head and upper parts of the body are dull brown : 

 between the beak and the eye is a spot of white : the 

 under parts of the body are white, except a large 

 spot of black on the breast ; and the belly, sides, and 

 thighs being spotted with grey : the wing-coverts are 

 pale rufous : the legs are dusky. 



