. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. TIIK CRKAT AI'K. ill'. Tlic Icugtli of > iiHUH' {mill a tuft It is not iiwuly so y b(? distinguislu'd lul the al)S('iu'(' of tills bird consists Rst is made aiii(iiii;f ilier. y dark Ijrowii. A tlio eyp, and tlip utc, diM'peiiini^ to ) (ii;KBE {PofhWpn 'liis Itird lias ln'on rnied. \V(dld<iinwn T»ab- fllMOlSE, is est and commonest itisli specios, being most rivers, Inki's, ponds, wliore tiie d rushes attbrd it a out; and a founda- ts nest. a pretty bttle bird, I alert ii' its mov
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. TIIK CRKAT AI'K. ill'. Tlic Icugtli of > iiHUH' {mill a tuft It is not iiwuly so y b(? distinguislu'd lul the al)S('iu'(' of tills bird consists Rst is made aiii(iiii;f ilier. y dark Ijrowii. A tlio eyp, and tlip utc, diM'peiiini^ to ) (ii;KBE {PofhWpn 'liis Itird lias ln'on rnied. \V(dld<iinwn T»ab- fllMOlSE, is est and commonest itisli specios, being most rivers, Inki's, ponds, wliore tiie d rushes attbrd it a out; and a founda- ts nest. a pretty bttle bird, I alert ii' its move- id, like the of f's, has a , the moment of it- â¢e it perceives 'tst'il iii^fer it a.^aiii dive-, i<T been on tiie .'in a single secnml nl many otlic lirds, it can sink ii le water slowly, aii'l I'H so when uneasy. ain if relieved from 'ty, <n' disappcnniii e'd under the siu fan- yards across, lliu- lOut dillleulty, wIhmi ⢠six feet abuve t!i'' ninddy brown hue. The nujther-bird alwa\ before leaviiitr then The bird I s covers licr (â â¢^^.s ^vith 1 las a curious lialni o| nest, in M-hieh it sits until it has completed the struct bnil 741 iiiid a(|uatio al,<i;aj ' a kind of sn]ii)lenieiitary eaves young .soon take t(j the water, and are, on tl mv in wlii( h the ei'i as adroit as their i) Tlie food of tiie Dabcliick consists crustaceans. In its summer plumage! the liead, neck, and upi)er jjortions of the body are dark brcjwii, except 'leir first iiitroduct ,'s are to be laid. i'ln to the waves, nearly nisccts. inollns( lilt!.- lish. am lie smaller tl le secondaries, will cli are whil(! are warm vhite, the front of the neck asl brown, and the under su. The sides of the i'aci chestnut, and the under surface is greyish white. In the winter the upper part of tiie liody chocolate-bruwii, and some of the primaries are whittt, the chin is len rfaee yreyish white. The total length of the Dabcliick rather exceeds nine inches. Thk sub-fam
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