Eared grebe (horned grebe) with orange tufts of feathers behind the eye. 鈥楾he nest is composed of twigs; roots and stalks of water plants; and usually found floating among the reeds and flags; nearly filled with water. The female lays four or five small white eggs which are hatched in the water.'Podiceps auritus (Colymbus auritus)Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist; writer; artist and engraver. He wrote and illustrated a series of volumes on birds; fish; shells and insects; opened his own museum of natural history in London; but later he fell on hard times and died penniless.Handcolored copperplate engraving from Edward Donovan's 鈥楾he Natural History of British Birds' (1794-1819)