. Arctic zoology [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 49» L O U I S I A N E, &c. GREBE. fecondaries white : toes furniflicd with broad membranes. The female wants the black bar on the bill. Length fourteen inches. PtACB. Inhabits from New Tork to South Carolina: is called in the firft, the Hen-beaked PFigeen, or fVater fViteb. Arrives there late in the autumn, and goes away in April. 419. LO' Lc Grebe de la Louifiane, Dt Buffon, viii. 340.—PI. EnL N" 943.—Latham, iii. r^ R. The end of the bill Hightly bent: middle of the bread white, tinged with dulky: fides of the neck and body, qui
. Arctic zoology [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 49» L O U I S I A N E, &c. GREBE. fecondaries white : toes furniflicd with broad membranes. The female wants the black bar on the bill. Length fourteen inches. PtACB. Inhabits from New Tork to South Carolina: is called in the firft, the Hen-beaked PFigeen, or fVater fViteb. Arrives there late in the autumn, and goes away in April. 419. LO' Lc Grebe de la Louifiane, Dt Buffon, viii. 340.—PI. EnL N" 943.—Latham, iii. r^ R. The end of the bill Hightly bent: middle of the bread white, tinged with dulky: fides of the neck and body, quite to the rump, ruft-colored: from the bafe of the neck to the thighs marked with large tranfverfe black fpots: upper part of the body and wings deep brown : legs duflcy. In Size rather lefs th*.- the common Grebe. Flacb. Inhabits Louifiana. 420. DusKY^ Br^ Zoo!, ii. N" zz^.—Ednv. 96. fig, i.—Le petit Grebe, Dt Buffhti, viii. 23*.— PI. EmI. (—Latham, iii. —Lev. Mus.—Bl. Mus. /^R. With the crown, neck, back, and primaries, duflcy: ridge of the wings and fecondaries white : reft of the wings dufky : breaft and belly filvery, but clouded. Size of a Teal. PwACB. Sent from New Tork with the Horned Grebej as its female; but is certainly a diftirwft A. GiiBAT Crested Grebe, Br. ZW. ii. N" 223.—Le Grebe cornu, DeSuJoH, ynl> 235.—Faun. Sutc. N» 151.—Letham,m, —Lev. Mu».—B-l. Mus. /^R. With the cheeks and throat furrounded with a long pendent ruff, of a bright tawny color: on the head a great duflcy creft: hind part of the neck and back duflcy ; primaries of the fame color: fecon- daries. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. London : Printed by Henry Hughes
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