. The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens . Legs Auritus. Linn, Syji. L p. 222. , Sv. Ann. L N° , p. Qrebe. Br. Z00L NQ 224. pi. Z00L p. 499. B,Lath, Gen. Syn. 5. 284. Dobchick. Edw.
. The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens . Legs Auritus. Linn, Syji. L p. 222. , Sv. Ann. L N° , p. Qrebe. Br. Z00L NQ 224. pi. Z00L p. 499. B,Lath, Gen. Syn. 5. 284. Dobchick. Edw. pi. 96. fig. 2,La Grebe a oreilles. Brif. Qrn. 6. p, 54. 6> C Le PLATE XXIX. Le petit Grebe hupp6. Buff. Oif% 8. p. Sav-Orre, Flauefkttt* Brun. 136. The length of this Species is twelve inches; they inhabit the fensnear Spalding, where they breed; they are found in the northern partsof Europe, and in the temperate parts of Siberia and Iceland. Saidby Bougainville to be met with in Falkland I/lands^ wftere it is calledthe Diver tvitb Speffacles.—Boug. Voy. p. 61. The neft, like moft others of the fame Genus, is compofed of twigs,roots and (folks of water-plants, and is ufually found floating among thereeds and flags, nearly filled with water. The female lays four or fivefmall white eggs, which are hatched in the water. PLATE 30. PLATE XXX. c FALCO APIVORUS. Honey Buzzard, Accipitres. Birds of prey. Bill and claws ftrong, hooked. An angle in eachmargin of the upper mandible. Body mufcular. Females larger andmore beautiful than the males. GENERIC arched from the bafe, which is covered with a wax-like mem-brane, or cere. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Bill and Cere black. Legs yellow ; Claws black. Head afn-co-loured. Back and Wings dark brown. Breaft and Belly white, fpot-ted. Tail barred. Falco Apivorus, Cere nigra, pedibus feminudis flavisscapite cinereo, caudae fafcia cinereaapice albo. — i^. Sv. 66. — Linn*Syji.
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