EA R E D G it E B iff
Podipejpw auritus, L a th .
Le Ghfciie omllard.
■ : X-iUS the rest of | | | family, whose locomotive ¡xtwers are ill adapted for laird, fchiA Eared Grebe
the water as its native element; not only oti&isiiiiig' its food there, hut also Ogrrving ou the whole process <
; incubation,eoustmctirig a floating lies/ compc*vd o f water-plants widely matted together, whifth falls amfri««
with the influx ami reflux of the wow«- Iri'«¿e; awkits is soincwhnt less than the Sclavonia
Grebe, or P . comitm. froth which it »way ovidik 'Mr dsarbig«h‘i.-d by the * Sore ;<if the chest,aut-colonret
j neck and rufous stripe which (Kisses from the tesc ¡cf ftho hill through the eye to the occiput, -
The present species may be considered as- «fiS^uf of the genns in ibis eounoW; hut we nr
•hoi to sappOjO, fi-c.rn the seasons in which it « t.ihuv. ilu* sometimes resorts In our inland waters for t.!r
I! (wipoae of bleeding. Tlie female lays abotri; toeti* eggst of a dirty white colour.. The youngdiffcr ycrj
¡ft. #hhhideral>ly fro»» the adult; the characteristics p f which we hare feiibfulfy porttnyed in the anointed Plate
«here it will he s^on that the prevailing cokfufof the immature bird is a uuiform grey on she npwr surfisc«
with a sijvery appearance spreading over the whole of the under parts.
Reasoning from analog}', we may.suppose that the s%diceps auritus undergoes the sano'e variations a
«^ferent seasons of the year* which we kuow to take place in the other species of the genus; gaining its
, (and during the winter, we believe the adult to hear a close resemblance in plumage to the young of the yeai
ji' ’jdiich have not yet undergone any change. The male and female oiler but little difference.
, ' J | M. Temrainck informs us that it is extremely rare -both in the marshes and on the coasts of Holland,
j | » j native locality appearing to he more especially confined to the rivers -and fresh waters of the North I
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I Its food consists of small fishes, crijstaoeous animals, the lame of water insects, &e.
I; The hill is black; the Tides bright red ; the ■far-foathcrs long and silky, radiating from the eye <0 1
Ji occiput, and of a light glossy dss.'Nci • . I.? ...- iruiiimeiiOvT wisa a .-hon whfob «Hit • jr.• 1«
I neck, and upper sume<:, -iif j ¡.u'S- T j.« •: f t , t;!' .r;.,-. •
I rides of the rump dark chestnut iw«wt, The wiid« irf the under imri&re » »ore silvery white•-. legs green«
bfock.
Weight thirteen ounces ;. length twelve inek-s aud n baft.