PODICIPEDID.E. 



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THE SLAVONIAN OR HORNED GREBE. 



PODICIPES AURITUS (Liniiffius). 



The Slavonian Grebe is a northern species, and its occurrence on 

 the southern and western shores of England seems to be irregular 

 even in winter, although the bird is an annual visitor in small 

 numbers to the coast of Wales ; but on the east side it is frequently 

 met with from autumn to spring, especially in Norfolk and at the 

 mouth of the Humber, as well as further to the northward. In Scot- 

 land it is generally distributed on both coasts, and in the Hebrides, 

 Orkneys and Shetlands it is even common ; but a statement that it 

 nested on some fresh-water lochs near Gairloch in Ross-shire was the 

 result of erroneous identification {cf. Ann. Scot. N. H., i. p. 171). 

 This Grebe is a regular, though not an abundant, visitor to Ireland in 

 autumn and winter, especially to certain bays in the north and west, 

 and adults have been obtained on the spring-migration. 



It is only on migration that this species is found in the Faroes, but 

 it breeds regularly in Iceland, Scandinavia and Russia, and sparsely 

 in Denmark ; while in the colder months it is known throughout the 

 rest of Europe, down to the Mediterranean, where, however, it is 

 rare. In Asia, it ranges across Siberia to Japan, and about as far 

 south as lat. 24° N. during the cold season; in America, it is common 



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