. Il popolare di storia naturale . Zoologia. La gria7 AUK. 40s il cibo del Dabchick consiste di insetti, molluschi, pesci piccoli e i piccoli crostacei. Crested Grebe si trova in alcune delle paludi della Midland contee dell'Inghilterra e abita anche parti della Scozia. Questo uccello, insieme con gli altri svassi, costruisce il nido di una massa di radici e canneti, tra carici. La femmina, come l'acqua-hen, copre le sue uova quando lascia il suo nido, wliich, a differenza dei nidi della maggior parte degli uccelli acquatici, galleggia sulla superficie dell'acqua. La sottofamiglia della Alcinse o Auks, ha sever

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. The popular natural history . Zoology. THE GREA7 AUK. 40s The food of the Dabchick consists of insects, molluscs, little fish, and the smaller crustaceans. The Crested Grebe is found in some of the fens of the Midland counties of England, and also inhabits parts of Scotland. This bird, together with the other Grebes, builds its nest of a mass of roots and reeds, among sedges. The female, like the water-hen, covers up her eggs when she leaves her nest, wliich, unlike the nests of most of the aquatic birds, floats upon the surface of the water. The sub-family of the Alcinse, or Auks, has several British representatives, among which the Great Auk is the rarest. This bird, formerly to be found in several parts of Northern Europe, in Labrador, and very rarely in the British Islands, has not been observed for many years, and is as completely extinct as tlie Dodo. Almost the last living specimens known were seen in the Orkneys, and were quite familiar to the inhabitants under the name of the King and Queen of the Auks.. DABCHIcit—{Podicips minor.') According to Mr. Lloyd, this bird formerly frequented certain parts of Ice- land, a certain locality called the Auk-Skar being celebrated for the number of Auks which nested upon it. The Skar, however, is so difficult of approach on a'xount of the heavy surf which beats upon it, that few persons have the daring to land. In 1813 a number of Auks were taken from the Skar, and, horrible to relate, they were all eaten except one. The eggs are variable in size, and colour, and markings, some being of a silvery white, and others of a yellowish white ground ; and the spots and stre^-ks are greatly different in colour and form, some being yelloivish brown and purple, others purple and black, and ofhers ijitepse blue an4 green, . 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 ori

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• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1880
• booksubjectzoology
• bookyear1884