BRITISH BIRDS. 
ICO 
DUSKY GREBE, 
OR BLACK AND WHITE DOBCHICK. 
\Nlgrka?is, La petite Grebe, BufF.) 
This^ fpecies meafures about an inch lefs in 
length, and two in breadth, than the laid. The 
bill is more than an inch long, and of a pale blue 
colour, with reddiHi edges : lore and orbits red : 
irides bright yellow : the upper part of the head, 
hinder part of the neck, fcapulars, and rump, are 
of a dark footy, or a moufe^oloured brown : the 
feathers on the back are nearly of the fame colour, 
but glolTy, and with greyifli edges : the ridge of 
the wings and fecondary quills are white, the reft 
