. The birds of Australia. Birds. THE BLACK-THKOATED GREBE 43 The Black-throated Grebe. Podicipes novce-hollandioe. Australia, Java, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Tasmania. Colour above black, washed with grey on the back and wing-coverts; dark chestnut band on each side of neck; sides of lower back and rump white, tinged with rufous; upper part of chest, sides, and flanks mixed with black; rest of underparts and portion of wing white. Total length inches, eulnien from feathers on forehead , wing , tarsus , outer toe and claw In moulting season the chin, throat, cheeks,
. The birds of Australia. Birds. THE BLACK-THKOATED GREBE 43 The Black-throated Grebe. Podicipes novce-hollandioe. Australia, Java, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Tasmania. Colour above black, washed with grey on the back and wing-coverts; dark chestnut band on each side of neck; sides of lower back and rump white, tinged with rufous; upper part of chest, sides, and flanks mixed with black; rest of underparts and portion of wing white. Total length inches, eulnien from feathers on forehead , wing , tarsus , outer toe and claw In moulting season the chin, throat, cheeks, sides and forepart of neck white like rest of From life. Hoary-headed Grebe: Podicipes nestor. D. Le Souef. Nest floating low in water and built of water-weeds, usually near some shelter, such as rushes. The eggs are from four to six and covered with a thin coating of white lime, which soon becomes stained and shiny. They measure about x inch. The bird does not as a rule sit on her eggs during the heat of the day, but leaves them covered over with weeds so as to prevent them from being scorched by the sun. She covers the eggs when leaving the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakspere; Le Soue?f, W. H. Dudley. Melbourne, London [etc. ] Whitcombe and Tombs Limited
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