. Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. '! â " No. v.] ZOOLOGY. 693 and account. It comes to New York and the Southern States in the autumn, and leaves them again in April; its migration is consequently from the North, and the specimens now received indicate the countries in which it breeds and passes the summer. The specimen to be described is supposed to be that of a male ; it mea- sures seventeen inches, including the length of the legs; the bill is short, and the upper m
. Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. '! â " No. v.] ZOOLOGY. 693 and account. It comes to New York and the Southern States in the autumn, and leaves them again in April; its migration is consequently from the North, and the specimens now received indicate the countries in which it breeds and passes the summer. The specimen to be described is supposed to be that of a male ; it mea- sures seventeen inches, including the length of the legs; the bill is short, and the upper maiidible hooked, not straight, as is usual in the Gemis; round the centre of both mandibles is a broad band of black ; under the chin is a conspicuous and strongly contrasted patch of black, which is said to be wanting in the females ; the upper parts are dark brown ; the rest of the throat and cheeks is light brown ; on the breast a patch of the feathers is minutely dotted or sprinkled with black and white; the belly is also mottled light brown and white ; the secondaries of the wings are tipped with white. Podiceps Cornutus. Horned Grebe. There are two species of Grebe, having their heads full of dark feathers, with tufts of a bright colour over their eyes, which, though different, have caused some difficulty to naturalists in distinguishing them from each other. These are the P. Cornutus, and the P. Auritus, or E?ired Grebe; both are found in Europe, but the former only is native of North America; it breeds in the countries round Hudson's Bay, and re- tires southward for the winter. It has been stated that on account of the expertness with which this bird dives, that it is peculiarly called by the Americans, the Water Witch ; but that applanation is probably given to all the Grebes indiscriminately, the power of rapidly retiring under water, being equally possessed by them all. The Horned Grebe has been figured in the Planches Erduminees, as La Grebe d'Esclavonie, whence
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