PODtCIPEDID^. ]33 



Family PODICIPEDID.E. 



Genus PODICIPES, Lath. 



Podicipes fluviatilis {Tmist.). 



Pndiceps minor, Thien. Fovtpflanz. <jes. Vik/. tab. Isxiv. fig. 10, n, h 

 (1845-54) ; Hewitson, Eq(/s of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 446, pi. cxsi. fig. i 

 (1856) ; Salvin, Ibis, 18.39, p. .304 ; Seel/ohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 468, 

 pi. 39 (1885) ; id. Birds Japan. Bnijj. p. 367 (1890). 



Tachybaptus minor, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vo(j. tab. 16. fig. G (185o-G3). 



Podiceps fiuviatili.s, Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 659 (1880). 



Podicipes minor, Seebohm, Ef/gs of Brit. Birds, p. 82, pi. '22. fig. 5 (1896). 



Podicipes fluviatilis, Irbi/, Orn. 'Str. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 308 (1895) ; Gru7it, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 507 (1898) ; Sharpe, Iland-l. i. p. 1 13 (1899). 



The eggs of the Little Grebe measure from 1-35 to l'G5 in length, 

 and from -95 to I'l in breadth. 



9. Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire (^A. Seebohm Coll. 

 Lawler : Hargitt Coll.). 



2. Loch-na-shanish, Inverness {Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 



4. Knockie, Inverness (J. Riclimond : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



5. Tring, Herts, 27th June (^. <SpeW««). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Avington Park, Hampshire, May [E. Seebohm Coll. 



Har(/itt). 



4. Avington Park, ^\a.v (E. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Denham, Suffolk, 2oth May. Gould Coll. 



3. Valkenswaard, Holland, 28th May. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Mark Brandenburg, 5th July. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Brunswick, 3rd May. Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Seville, Spain (i. H. Irby). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Valencia. Seebohm CoD. 



6. Zana, Algeria, June (O. Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 t). Japan (//. I'ryer). Seebohm Coll. 



Podicipes philippinensis (Bonn.). 



Tachvbaptes fluviatilis, Gates ed. Hum", JS'ests i^- Eggs hid. B, iii. p. 401 



part. (1890). 

 Podicipes philippensis, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 511 (1898). 

 Podicipes philippinensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 113 (1899). 



The two eggs of the Philippine Little Grebe in the Collection 

 measure respectively : 1-35 by 1 ; 1-45 by r03. 



1. Pegu, 25th July (E. W. Gates). Seebohm ColL 



1. Poyang Lake, China (F. IV. Sfgan). Seebohm Coll. 



