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Pocliceps griseigena griseigena (r.odclaert). Red- 

 NFXKKi) (HsKr.K. Fr. Civhe jOu-i^ris ; Gc)\ RothalsiK'cr 

 Steissfuss ; Ittd. Svasso dal collo rosso ; Sii'cd. rir:istruj)ig- 

 Dopping. 



^ ^ summer. Crown and hind neck black, on each side of 

 occiput a short tuft ; upper parts black with brown edges ; 

 foreneck and chest chestnut ; secondaries white ; lores black, 

 line below eye white ; throat lavender grey, remainder under- 

 parts white. In winter : upper parts and foreneck brown ; 

 beneath white ; lores brown and no white line below eye. 

 Bill black, yellow at base above and below. Legs and feet 

 black, lobes of toes above buffish, below black. Iris red. Wing 

 155-185. Tarsus 53-56. Bill 35-45. 



Breeds. — Sweden north to 65°, S. Finland, N. Russia to Kola 

 Peninsula and Archangel, and south through Europe to Caucasus, 

 Black Sea and Dobrudscha in the east, in the west to Denmark, 

 Holland and Germany and through Austria and Hungary to 

 Danube ; also in W. Siberia, Migratory ; occurs in winter in 

 Mediterranean and N. Africa (Egypt to Morocco) ; also British 

 Isles, Belgium and France. Rare visitor to Norway ; has 

 occurred Iceland and Spitsbergen. 



The East Asiatic and American race " P. griseigena holboellii" 

 Reinhardt (a larger bird, wing 185-208, bill 46-54) has occurred 

 once in Iceland. 



Podiceps auritus (L.). Sclavonian Grebe. Fr. Grebe 

 cornu ; Ger. Ohrensteissfuss ; Ital. Svasso cornuto ; Sioed. 

 Svarthake-Dopping. 



^ $ summer. Above dark brown ; crown, throat and tippet 

 black ; lores red brown ; from eye to nape a chestnut band, 

 hinder feathers of which are prolonged into tufts ; foreneck 

 chestnut ; beneath white, flanks chestnut ; secondaries white. 

 Bill straight, black, tip and base above bluish, base below red. 

 Legs and feet dull greyish black. Iris red. Wing 135-150. 

 Tarsus 44-50. Bill 21-24. In winter: crown down to eye, hind 

 neck and upper parts dark brown tinged greenish ; underparts 

 white, foreneck pale grey, a nearly complete collar while. 



Breeds. — Norway north to 64°, Finmark, Sweden, Russia 

 north to 65, east to Urals and Orenburg and south to about 



