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EARED GRF:BE. 
It is said to inhabit mountainous and rocky situations, and not woods, 
being' rarely known to perch on trees. 
It preys on hares, rabbits, moles, and other inferior animals ; and 
even snakes and toads. The eggs are said to be larg-er than those of a 
hen, mottled like the bird ; and that only two are found in a nest. 
Dr. Latham has mentioned three varieties, one of which has the legs 
bare of feathers ; and he considers the black-winged horn owl of Albin 
to be a mere variety. 
EARED GREBE {Podiceps auritus^ Latham.) 
Colymbus auritus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 222. 8. — Gmel. Syst. 2. p. 590. — Podiceps 
auritus, Ind. Orn. 2. p. 781. 3 Temm. Man. d’Orn. 2. p. 723 Colymbus 
auritus, Briss. 6. p. 54. 6. — Ih. 8vo. 2. p. 372 Le petit Grebe huppe. — Buff. 
Ois. 8. p. 235 — Eared Dobcliick, Edw. t. 96. f. 2 Eared Grebe, Br. Zool. 2. 
No. 224. t. 79 — Ih. fob 133 Arct. Zool. 2. p. 499. B. — Lath. Syn. 5. p. 285. 
4 — Wale. Syn. 1. t. 104. — LewMs Br. Birds, 5. t. 107. — Don. Br. Birds, 2. t. 
29 — Flem. Br. Anim. p. 132. — Colymbus cristatus minor. — Briss. 6. p. 42. 3. 
t. 3. f. 2. — Ib. 8vo. 2. p. 369. 
To Colonel George, of Penryn, in Cornwall, we are indebted for a 
very fine male specimen of this bird, shot on the 15th of March, 1811, 
so that we may fairly conclude, as it was so near the breeding season, 
that its plumage was fully matured ; we shall therefore give a description 
of this bird, and then point out the material distinction between the 
two species. 
The weight was one pound ; the length thirteen inches and a half. 
The bill is black, an inch in length to the feathers on the fore- 
head, a little reflected ; the upper mandible is nearly straight at the 
point, the lower mandible decreases at about a quarter of an inch from 
the end, and from thence forms a conic point, which Jihakes the bill 
appear to reflect more than it actually does ; the lore is black ; irides 
bright scarlet ; head and neck black ; chin spotted with white ; the 
sides of the head furnished with long slender yellow feathers, com- 
mencing behind the upper part of the eye, and extending downwards 
for more than an inch ; these flow backwards, the lower series are 
shaded to a deep orange ; the black feathers on the forehead and crown 
are long and terminate abruptly as if cut with a pair of scissors, form- 
ing an obtusely conic crest ; the back, scapulars, and coverts of the 
wings dusky black : the first six quills are dusky black ; the next three 
black only on the outer web, the inner web white ; the lower part of 
the neck before is mottled black and white ; the sides of the breast, and 
sides of the body, are similarly marked, the latter interspersed with 
ferruginous ; legs and feet dusky. 
This, like most of the genus, is subject to some variety. In some 
the heads and tufts behind the eyes are brown ; sides of the head white ; 
