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there is a very fine adult specimen, which was 

 shot in one of the estuaries of the harbour. 

 During March, 1847, a bird of this species having 

 been observed for some time swimming and 

 diving near the beach opposite Brunswick- ter- 

 race, Brighton, was pursued by a party of active 

 rowers in a galley, and captured after a long 

 chase. This specimen is now in my collection. 

 The fore part of the neck exhibits a considerable 

 portion of the ferruginous plumage peculiar to 

 the breeding-season. 



ScLAVONiAN Grebe, Podiceps cornutus. Sel- 

 dom found in the adult state ; but the young 

 — the dusky grebe of Bewick — has been fre- 

 quently obtained. 



Eared Grebe, Podiceps auritus. There is an 

 immature specimen of this grebe in the museum 

 at Chichester, which was killed in that neigh- 

 bourhood. 



Little Grebe or Dabchick, Podiceps minor. 

 Provincial, Mole- diver. Common on ponds and 

 sluggish streams in the interior of the county. 



Great Northern Diver, Golymbus glacialis. 

 Old birds are scarce, but immature examples are 

 killed every year on the coast, and occasionally 

 in the interior. 



Black-throated Diver, Golymbus arcticus. 

 Appears to be the most uncommon of the three 



