358 GREAT CRESTED GREBE. 



LEACH'S FORK-TAILED PETREL. 



PROCELLARIA LEACHI. 



Genus Procellaria. 



A bird of rare occurrence, but breeds in St. Kilda. 

 One egg is laid, white, finely marked with reddish- 

 brown specks. It resembles the egg of the Stormy 

 Petrel, but is much larger. 



WILSON'S PETREL. 



OCEANITES WILSONI. 



Genus Oceanites. 



A bird which has several times been obtained in the 

 south-west of England, but is very rare. 



GREAT CRESTED GREBE. 



PODICEPS CRISTATUS. 



Family Podicipedid^. Genus Podiceps. 



Loon — Greater Loon — Cargoose — Tippet Grebe. 



The Great Crested Grebe is a resident in our islands, 

 but local in its haunts. It frequents large pools, lakes 

 and sheets of water, provided that there are reed beds 

 at hand in which it can place its nest. Such places 

 are found more particularly in the eastern counties, 

 and in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire 

 and other low-lying counties, where, in consequence, 

 the Loon is more commonly found. When seen on 

 the wing, the flight of the Great Crested Grebe is 

 exactly like that of the Wild Duck, but it seldom 



