NEW HOLLAND GREBE. 



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A SPECIES introduced by the following descrip- 

 tion in the new edition of Dr. Latham's History of 

 Birds. Length, from the beak to the end of the 

 toes, eighteen inches : beak black : head and part of 

 the neck dusky black : the rest of the parts above 

 waved dusky and pale grey : beneath pale grey : the 

 larger wing-coverts and base half of the quills white, 

 taking up a large portion of the wing ; the outer ridge 

 is also white : on each side of the neck a long streak 

 of rufous, beginning just under the eye : legs black." 

 Inhabits New Holland, and there called Mayaga, 



