. The birds of Australia. Birds. 44 THE BIRDS OF ATJSTEALIA The Hoary-headed Grebe. Podicipes polio-cephalus. Australia and Tasmania. Colour above ash brown; sides of lower back white; crown blackish, shading into deep black on occiput and nape, which is elongated and forms a kind of hood; sides of head brownish white, the feathers with. Hoiiry-headed Grebe: Podicipes nestor. Australian Museum. hair-like extremities; chest whitish, abdomen dusky, rest of underparts white. Total length about inches, culmen from feathers on forehead , wing , tarsus , outer toe and claw
. The birds of Australia. Birds. 44 THE BIRDS OF ATJSTEALIA The Hoary-headed Grebe. Podicipes polio-cephalus. Australia and Tasmania. Colour above ash brown; sides of lower back white; crown blackish, shading into deep black on occiput and nape, which is elongated and forms a kind of hood; sides of head brownish white, the feathers with. Hoiiry-headed Grebe: Podicipes nestor. Australian Museum. hair-like extremities; chest whitish, abdomen dusky, rest of underparts white. Total length about inches, culmen from feathers on forehead , wing , tarsus , outer toe and claw When not breeding hair-like filaments almost absent. Flat floating nest of water weeds, the eggs always wet. Eggs four to six, with glossy surface, white when first laid, but soon stained brown, measuring about x 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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