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orange. Above and below the eye, a naked space of black skin. Irides grey. 
Tail short, of 16 feathers. Female similar.^ — Nest in deserted rabbit-holes, or 
burrows which the bird forms. Egg 1, white. Young have the markings of 
the bill less distinct — Mr Pennant remarks, “ The size of the bills of these 
birds varies ; those of Priestholme Isle are one inch and three quarters long ; 
and the base of the upper mandible one inch broad ; but, in the birds from the 
Isle of Man, these proportions are much less.” Have we two species ? 
Gen. XCIII. PODICEPS. Grebe. — Bill straight, produced, 
firm, pointed. Nostrils pervious. No tail. Plumage of 
the belly close, with a silvery gloss. 
206. P. cristatus. Crested Grebe. — Bill longer than the 
head; from the nostrils to the tip 17 or 18 lines ; red, white at 
the tip. 
Colymbus major. Will Orn. 256 — Col. crist., Linn. Syst. i. 222 — Tippet 
and Great Crested Grebes, Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 496 — P. crist., Temm. 
Orn. ii. 717« — Greater Loon, Arsfoot, Gargoose, Gaunt ; W, 
Gwyach — Breeds in England. 
Length 21, breadth 30 inches; weight 2^ pounds. Bill 2^ inches. Feet 
black, yellowish on the inside. Irides and lores crimson. Face white. Crown, 
nape, and ear-crests glossy black, the latter tinged with brown. Beneath 
white. Above dusky brown. Primaries dusky ; secondaries white, except 
the two first, which are dusky. Female less, with a smaller crest, and duller 
colours. — Nest in marshes, of aquatic plants, and made so as to float. Eggs 
4, white, of the size of those of a pigeon. Young without the crest, the face 
with zig-zag lines of a dusky colour. In this state, it is the Col. urinator of 
Linnaeus — This species breeds in Shropshire and Lincolnshire- It seems to 
be stationary even in Zetland. One which I examined, 13th January 1809, 
had the stomach full of gammari. 
207. P. riibricoUis. (Latbam.) Red-necked Grebe. — Bill 
the length of the head; from the nostrils to the tip 11 lines; 
yellow at the base ; tip black. 
Bewick's Brit. Birds, ii. 152 — Temm. Orn. ii. 720. A winter visitant. 
Length 17 inches ; weight 23 ounces. Bill 2 inches long. Legs dusky, 
yellowish on the inside. Irides hazel. Front, crown, nape, and hind-neck, 
black ; cheeks and throat grey ; fore-neck and breast reddish-chesnut ; belly 
white, the sides with dusky spots ; back and wings black ; the secondaries and 
base of the wing white. Nape with a short crest. Female similar. — Nest like 
the preceding. Young with the throat and cheeks white ; the fore-neck grey ; 
the sides and hind-neck dusky. — This species, which occurs both in England 
and Scotland, seems to have been met with, hitherto, only in the winter sea- 
son. Pennant was inclined to consider it as a variety of the Crested Grebe. 
208. P. cornutus. Horned Grebe. — Bill stout, shorter than 
the head, compressed throughout ; from the nostrils to the tip 
6 or 7 hnes. Iris double. 
Col. major cristatus et cornutus. Will. Orn. 257 — Sclavonian Grebe, 
Mont. Orn. Diet. Suppt. — P. corn. Temm. Orn. ii. 721. — Resident and 
common. 
Length 14, breadth 25 inches. Bill black, point red, and the outline slopes 
regularly. Feet black, grey within. Irides crimson, bordered and shaded with 
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