. A history of British birds . d comparatively light bodies in reachingthe bottom, or to make head against a current. The adult male in summer has the beak black; the iridesred, with a white circle; head and neck, all round, nearlyblack; chin speckled with grey; from behind the eye overthe ear-coverts a triangular patch of long hair-like goldenand reddish-chestnut feathers ; back, and all the upper sur-face of the body, dark brown ; secondary wing-feathers mostlywhite ; breast, and under surface of the body, shining silvery-white ; sides under the wings, and the flanks, chestnutmixed with dusk
. A history of British birds . d comparatively light bodies in reachingthe bottom, or to make head against a current. The adult male in summer has the beak black; the iridesred, with a white circle; head and neck, all round, nearlyblack; chin speckled with grey; from behind the eye overthe ear-coverts a triangular patch of long hair-like goldenand reddish-chestnut feathers ; back, and all the upper sur-face of the body, dark brown ; secondary wing-feathers mostlywhite ; breast, and under surface of the body, shining silvery-white ; sides under the wings, and the flanks, chestnutmixed with dusky lines; legs and feet greenish-grey above,darker behind. The whole length is twelve inches. Fromthe carpal joint to the end of the wing five inches. Females and young birds in winter so nearly resemblethose of the so-called Dusky Grebe, figured and describedin the account given of the last species, except in size, andin the form of the beak, as to make another descriptionunnecessary. LITTLE GREBE. PYGOPODES. PODICEPS FLUVIATILIS (Tuilstall *). THE LITTLE GREBE, or DABCHICK. Podiceps yninor. The Little Grebe, or Dabchick, as it is more generallycalled, is the smallest, as well as the most common, of theBritish Grebes. It remains here throughout the whole year,inhabiting rush-grown lakes or fish-ponds, and the reedyparts of most rivers during summer, but in winter it is morefrequent on small streams. In some of these situations,depending on the season, it may be frequently observedbusily engaged on the surface in search of food, or diving toshelter itself for security if disturbed by too close an ap- * Coli/mbus fluviatilis, Tunstall, Orn. Brit. p. 3 (1771). The bill beingshorter than the head, this species has been placed in the genus Tarhybaptes :an arrangement sanctioned by a majority of the Committee of the British Orni-thologists Union, but which the Editor deems it inexpedient to adopt in thepresent work. VOL. IV. T 138 podicipedtdj:. proach. Though occa
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