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BIRDS. PALMIPIDES. 
PODICEPS, 
white. Lores crimson. Crown and crest black ; a large tuft of bay feathers ori- 
ginate at the base of the bill, and along the eye, increasing in length, and spread- 
ing like ears. Front, neck, and breast, red ; back black; belly white ; the sides 
rufous. Wings black, secondaries white. Female similar. — Nest like the pre- 
ceding. Young destitute of crest or auricles ; lores white ; above dusky ; neck 
without red ; bill corneous — In the stomach of a young male, shot 18th Janu- 
ary 1809, I found a concretion upwards of half an^inch in diameter, consist- 
ing of its own belly feathers, closely matted together. Montagu, in his Suppt. 
states, that he has observed the same occurrence in the red necked and crest- 
ed species. Are these to be considered as analogous to bezoars ? 
209. P. auritus. Eared Grebe. — Bill shorter than the head, 
black, depressed over the nostrils ; a little recurved ; from nos- 
trils to the tip 6 or 7 lines. 
Col. aur. Linn. Syst. i. 222. — Eared and Dusky Grebes, Penn. Brit. Z^ool. 
ii. 500. and 501 — P. aur. Temm. Orn. ii. 725. — -Resident. 
Length 12, breadth 22 inches ; weight 1 pound. Bill about an inch ; the 
ridge of the upper mandible nearly straight at the end, the lower one sloping 
upwards, giving the bill a subrecurved appearance. Irides scarlet ; lores red- 
dish. Face, crown, and short crest, black. Auricular tuft yellow, shaded to 
orange, taking its rise behind the eye. Throat, neck, sides of the breast, and 
back, black ; sides chesnut ; belly white. Legs, Avithout, dusky, the inside 
greenish. Female similar — N est and eggs like the preceding, but smaller. The 
young are like those of the Horned Grebe ; but the shape of the bill and co- 
lour of the irides serve to distinguish them at all ages. 
210. P. minor. Little Grebe. — Bill very short, stout, com- 
pressed ; from the nostrils to the tip 5 lines. 
Will. Orn. 258. — Little Grebe and Black-chin, Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 501. 
— Col. Hebridicus, Sower. Brit. Misc. tab. 70 — P. minor, Temm. Orn. 
ii. 727* — -E, Didapper, Dipper, Dobchick, Douker, Small Loon or Ars. 
foot Resident. 
Length 10, breadth 16 inches ; weight 6 ounces. Bill about an inch, black ; 
the base of the lower mandible and lores whitish ; feet greenish outwardly, 
tinged with red on the inside. Irides reddish-brown. Crown, nape, and 
throat, black ; side and fore-neck chesnut ; breast and sides dusky ; belly grey- 
ish ; thighs and rump reddish. Dorsally glossy black, tinged with olive. 
Primaries greyish-broAvn ; secondaries white on the inner webs. Female simi- 
lar Eggs 5 or 6, white, covered up when the parent leaves the nest. The 
young have the head and neck Avhite, mottled with broAvn. 
Gen. XCIV. COLYMBUS. Diver. — T ail short, rounded. 
Tarsus much compressed. 
211. C. glacialis. Northern Diver. — Bill upwards of 4 in- 
ches in length ; its ridge above the nostrils carinated ; under 
mandible deepest in the middle. 
C. maximus caudatus. Will. Orn. 258. — C. m. stellatus, Sibb. Scot. 20. — 
C. glacialis, Linn. Syst. i. 221. Penn. Brit. .Zool. ii. 523. Temm. 
Orn. ii. 910. — -E, The Greatest Diver, Loon ; S', Herdsman of the Sea, 
Emmer Goose ; G, Mur-buachaill. — On the coast, during winter 
chiefly. 
Length 41 inches, breadth 5 feet ; weight 10 pounds. Bill dusky, the ridge 
ot the upper mandible slightly bent doAvn wards, especially at the apex ; the 
