. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . the point: lore and irides red : the headis thickly fet and enlarged with feathers of a footyblack colour, except two large, loofe and fpreadingorange-coloured tufts, which take their rife behindeach eye, flow backward, and nearly meet at theirtips: the neck and upper parts of the plumage areblack, the under parts of a gloffy white : the {idesa rufty chefnut colour : legs greenifli black. Themale and female are nearly alike, only the latter isnot furnifhed or puffed up about the head with fucha quantity of feathers. This fpecies is no
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . the point: lore and irides red : the headis thickly fet and enlarged with feathers of a footyblack colour, except two large, loofe and fpreadingorange-coloured tufts, which take their rife behindeach eye, flow backward, and nearly meet at theirtips: the neck and upper parts of the plumage areblack, the under parts of a gloffy white : the {idesa rufty chefnut colour : legs greenifli black. Themale and female are nearly alike, only the latter isnot furnifhed or puffed up about the head with fucha quantity of feathers. This fpecies is not numerous in the Britifh fays they inhabit and breed in the fens nearSpalding, in Lincolnfliire, and that the female makesa nefl not unlike that of the Crefted Grebe, andlays four or five fmall white eggs. The EaredGrebe is found in the northern regions of Europe,as far as Iceland, and is alfo met with in fouthernclimates. The circumnavigator Bougainville fays,it is called the Diver with Spedacles in theFalkland Illands. 150 BRITISH BIRDSk. vV lV/ DUSKY GREBE, GR BLACK AND WHITE DOBCHICK.{Ni^rkanSf . La petite Grehe^ Buff.) This fpecles meafures about an Inch lefs inlength, and two in breadth, than the lafl. Thebill is more than an inch long, and of a pale bluecolour, with reddiih edges: lore and orbits red:irides bright yellow: the upper part of the head,hinder part of the neck, fcapulars, and rump, areof a , or a moufe-coloured brown: thefeathers on the back are nearly of the fame colour,but glolTy, and with greyilh edges: the ridge ofthe wings and fecondary quills are white, the reft BRITISH BIRDS, 151 of the Wing dufky. There is a pale fpot beforeeach eye : the cheeks and throat are white: the forepart of the neck is light brown ; and the breaft andbelly are white and gloffy like fatin : the thighs andvent are covered with dirty white downy feathers:the legs are white behind, dulky on the outer fides,and pale blue on the inner fides and Ihins: the t
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