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COLYMBUS AURITUS, 
J5ARED GREBE. 
Blackish brown, beneath white ; hea(} 
black ; ears crested ; ferruginous, 
Colymbus Auritus, Lin. Qjne. 
Grebe Oreillard, Tem. 
Podiceps Auritus, Tem. Lath. 
Le Petit Grebe huppe, Buff. 
Eared Pobchick, Edw. 
Eared Grebe, Pen. Lath. Bew, Mont. 
The portrait of this elegant species was 
taken from a beautiful specimen presented 
by the Rev. W. Whitear of Starston. It 
was taken by a water dog in the neigh- 
bourhood of Yarmouth. 
The Eared Grebe measures between 
twelve and thirteen inches in length, and 
twenty-two from tip to tip of the wings. 
Roth «exes are alike in plumage. 
This bird is extremely rare in England. 
Pennant says, that tjiey inhabit and breed 
