. The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens . , Nat, T. 1. p, 2, 594. Hebridicus: nigricans, gula nigra, jugulo ferru-gineo, 6 PLATE CLXVIL gineo, abdomine cinereo argenteo vario. LathtGen. Q> Grebe. Pern, Br. Z09I.
. The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens . , Nat, T. 1. p, 2, 594. Hebridicus: nigricans, gula nigra, jugulo ferru-gineo, 6 PLATE CLXVIL gineo, abdomine cinereo argenteo vario. LathtGen. Q> Grebe. Pern, Br. Z09I. 2. 79. With the fingle exception of the Red-neck Grebe figured in the€th volume of this work, the bird before us may be efteemed therareft of the tribe found in Britain ; and none among the numberwhich altogether includes feven kinds, can be confidered common,exclufive of the Dobchick, or little Grebe, which occurs in moftfenny places: The mofi: frequent of the larger kinds is the CreftedGrebe, and that is confined chiefly to the fens of Lincolnfliire, an^two or three other parts of Britain* The black-chin Grebe, called alfo the Hebridal Grebe is almoftentirely confined to the waters of the ifland of Tirce, one of theHebrides, and thence it has received the appellation of HebridalGrebe. It is rather larger than the Little Grebe, and is in lengthabout eleven inches* PLATE. PLATE CLXVHL FRINGILLA LINOTA, COMMON GREY GENERIC CH ARACTER. Bill conic, flraight, and pointed,SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Chefnut brown, beneath whitiHi; wings with a longitudinal white band: tail feathers each fide edged with white. FrinGILLA Linota: fufca caftanea, fubtus albida, fafcia alarum longitudinali alba, re61;ricibus nigris, marginibusundique albis. Gmel, Linn. Syji, Nat. 1.^., Ind, Orn, 4:57, Common Linnet. This ranks among the fong birds of Britain ; it is very common inEngland and thrgughgut Europe. It feeds on feeds, principallyVol. VIL M thofe PLATE CL
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