248 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



50° N. ; Baltic Provinces, Denmark, Iceland (abundant), Faroes 

 (few), N. Scotland (very local) ; also widely in Asia and N. America. 

 Migratory ; occurs in winter and on passage in Europe south to 

 Mediterranean ; has occurred Azores ; in Asia ranges south to 

 24° N., and in America to S. California and Florida. 



Podiceps nigricollis nigricollis Brehm. Black-necked 

 Grebe. Ger. Schwarzhals Steissfuss ; IfaL Svasso piccolo ; 

 S^ued. Svarthalsad-Dopping. 



$ $ summer. Head, neck and upper parts black ; beneath 

 white, flanks chestnut ; behind eye a tuft of cinnamon feathers ; 

 secondaries and inner webs of inner primaries white. Bill 

 slightly upturned, black, reddish at base. Legs and feet outer 

 side black, inner side pale greenish blue. Iris red with narrow 

 white inner ring. In winter : crown, face, ear coverts, neck 

 and upper parts brown. Wing 120-130. Tarsus 42-45. Bill 

 19-24. 



Breeds. — Livonia, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Denmark, 

 Rumania, Sicily, Spain, Morocco, N. Algeria, Russia south 

 from about 55° N. ; and widely through Asia and Africa. 

 Migratory ; occurs in winter in British Isles (where a few pairs 

 have bred), and generally throughout S. Europe and S. Asia ; 

 rare visitor to Canaries, Madeira, and Azores. 



Podiceps fluviatilis fluviatilis (Tunstall). Little 

 Grebe. Fr. Castagneux ; Ger-. Zwergsteissfuss ; IfaL Tuffetto ; 

 Swed. Sma-Dopping. 



$ 9 summer. Above brownish black, green tinged, especially 

 on crown ; beneath white mottled with brown, throat dark 

 brown, sides of head, ear coverts and foreneck chestnut. In 

 winter: above brown, beneath white, foreneck and flanks pale 

 reddish brown. Bill black, yellowish at base. Legs and feet 

 dull greenish grey. Iris red brown. Wing 97-105. Tarsus 

 34-38. Bill 18-22. 



Breeds. — British Isles ; Continental Europe from S. Sweden, 

 Livonia and Courland south to Mediterranean ; in Russia from 

 about 60" N. south to Crimea and Astrakhan ; also Sicily, 

 Sardinia and N.W. Africa, and in S.W. Asia. Partly migratory ; 

 does not appear to go farther south than N. Africa. 



