. The birds of Australia. Birds. THE TIPPET GREBE 45 The Tippet Grebe. Podicipes (Lophmtliyia) cristatus. Europe to North Asia, Japan, Indian Peninsula, Africa, New Guinea, Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Colour above dark ash-brown, crown black; feathers on each side of crown elongate and forming a long double crest; throat white tinged with rufous, shading into chestnut at the back of the head; upper neck with long black plumes, forming a ruff, only worn during breeding season; underparts silvery white; sides rufous chestnut; lesser wing coverts white. Total length about 20 inches, cul
. The birds of Australia. Birds. THE TIPPET GREBE 45 The Tippet Grebe. Podicipes (Lophmtliyia) cristatus. Europe to North Asia, Japan, Indian Peninsula, Africa, New Guinea, Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Colour above dark ash-brown, crown black; feathers on each side of crown elongate and forming a long double crest; throat white tinged with rufous, shading into chestnut at the back of the head; upper neck with long black plumes, forming a ruff, only worn during breeding season; underparts silvery white; sides rufous chestnut; lesser wing coverts white. Total length about 20 inches, culmen from feathers on forehead , wing , tarsus , outer toe and claw Tippet Grebe : Podicipes cristata. Meyer. Floating flat nest, made of green water-weeds and well down in the water, usually placed among rushes. From four to six eggs are laid, white but soon stained from the wet water-weeds, of which the nest is composed. They measure about x inch. Order Sphbniscipormbs. Palate sehizognathous. Beak never hooked. Wing feathers small and stiff, not produced into remiges. "Wings short, used as swimming organs. Tail of narrow rigid feathers. Tarsi very short, the front toes united by a web; the hind toe very small, united to the tarsus. 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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