BRITISH BIRDS. 
15a 
RED-NECKED GREBE. 
( Colymbus fuhcrijlatus, . Le Jougrh^ BufF, ) 
This bird meafures from the bill to the rump 
feventeen inches, to the end of the toes twenty- 
two, and weighs eighteen ounces and three-quarters. 
The bill is about two inches long, dufky or horn- 
coloured on the ridge and tip, and on the fides of 
it, towards the corners of the mouth, of a reddifli 
yellow ; the underfide of the lower mandible is al- 
fo of the latter colour : lore dufky : irides dark 
hazel : the cheeks and throat are of a dirty or grey- 
ifh white : the upper part of the head is black, 
with a greyifh caft ; and the feathers are lengthen- 
ed on each fide on a line with the eyes backward, 
fo as to look like a pair of rounded ears ; thefe 
it can raife or deprefs at pleafure : the fore part and 
fides of the neck are of a dingy brown, mixed 
with feathers of a bright rufly red : the upper parts 
of the plumage are of a darkifh moufe-coloured 
brown, lighted: on the wing coverts, deepeft on the 
