History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

132 BIRDS. PALMIPIDES. Podiceps.white. Lores crimson. Crown and crest black ; a large tuft of bay feathers originateat the base of the bill, and along the eye, increasing in length, and spreadinglike ears. Front, neck, and breast, red ;back black; belly white ; the sidesrufous. Wings black, secondaries white. Female similar Nest like the preceding.Young destitute of crest or auricles ; lores white ; above dusky ; neckwithout red ; bill corneous—In the stomach of a young male, shot 18th January1809, I found a concretion upwards of half an -inch in diameter, consistingof its own belly feathers, closely matted together. Montagu, in his Suppt.states, that he has observed the same occurrence in the red necked and crestedspecies. Are these to be considered as analogous to bezoars ?209- P. auritus. Eared Grebe.— Bill shorter than the head,black, depressed over the nostrils; a little recurved; from nostrilsto the tip 6 or 7 lines.Col. aur. Linn. Syst.i. 222.— Eared and Dusky Grebes, Venn. Brit. Zool.ii. 500. and 501 P. aur. Temm. Orn. ii. 725.— Resident.Length 12, breadth 22 inches ;weight 1 pound. Bill about an inch ; theridge of the upper mandible nearly straight at the end, the lower one slopingupwards, giving the bill a subrecurved appearance. Irides scarlet ; lores reddish.Face, crown, and short crest, black. Auricular tuft yellow, shaded toorange, taking its rise behind the eye. Throat, neck, sides of the breast, andback, black ; sides chesnut ; belly white. Legs, without, dusky, the insidegreenish. Female similar—Nest and eggs like the preceding, but smaller. Theyoung are like those of the Horned Grebe ;but the shape of the bill and colourof the irides serve to distinguish them at all ages.210. P. minor. Little Grebe.— Bill very short, stout, compressedfrom the nostrils to the ;tip 5 lines.Will. Orn. 258 Little Grebe and Black-chin, Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 501.— Col. Hebridicus, Sower. Brit. Misc. tab. 70—P. minor, Temm. Orn.ii. 727 F, Didapper, Dipper, Dobchick, Douker, Small Loon or Ars-Resident.footLength 10, breadth 1C inches; weight G ounces. Bill about an inch, black ;the base of the lower mandible and lores whitish feet ; greenish outwardly,tinged with red on the inside. Irides reddish-brown. Crown, nape, andthroat, black ; side and fore-neck chesnut ; breast and sides dusky ; belly greyish; thighs and rump reddish. Dorsally glossy black, tinged with olive.Primaries greyish-brown; secondaries white on the inner webs. Female similarEggs 5 or G, white, covered up when the parent leaves the nest. Theyouny have the head and neck white, mottled with brown.Gen. XCIV. COLYMBUS. Divek.—Tail short, rounded.Tarsus much compressed.211. C. glacialis. Northern Diver.— Billupwardsof 4 incitesin length; its ridge above the nostrils carinated ;undermandible deepest in the middle.C. maximus caudatus, Will. Orn. 258 C. m. stellatus, Sibb. Scot. 20.—C. glacialis,Linn. Syst.i. 221. Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 523. Temm.Orn. ii.910.— F, The Greatest Diver, Loon; S, Herdsman of the Sea,Emmer Goose ; G, Mur-buachaill. — On the coast, during winterchiefly.Length 41 inches, breadth 5 feet ; weight 10 pounds. Bill dusky, the ridgeot the upper mandible slightly bent downwards, especially at the apex ; the