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procured by Colonel Feilden in the Yarmouth market on the 

 2nd of November, there are signs of rufous and black on the 

 sides of the neck, but whether these are remains of the last 

 breeding-plumage, or the commencement of the next one, is 

 difficult to determine. I believe them to be the last remains 

 of the breeding-dress. 



Young in First Winter. — Resemble the winter plumage of the 

 adults, but have broad white and black streaks on the sides of 

 the head, one black line along the ear coverts and another 

 below the eye being especially distinct. Seebohm says that 

 these stripes on the head are moulted during the first autumn, 

 when the bird resembles the winter plumage of the adult, but 

 a specimen in the Hume collection, procured near Delhi on 

 the 14th of January, not only shows these stripes very 

 distinctly, but is also commencing to don the red tippet. The 

 ornamental plumes worn by the young birds during their first 

 spring are neither so large nor so bright as in old individuals. 



Young.— Brown ; the head, neck, and under-surface of the 

 body white, with longitudinal black stripes on the upper parts 

 and on the breast, two transverse stripes across the bill, and a 

 grey patch on the sides of the head. 



Characters. — The peculiar red tippet and white face, as well 

 as the red bill, distinguish this species in summer plumage, as 

 well as the larger size. Z. gj'tseigena, which might be con- 

 founded with it in winter plumage, is recognised by the want 

 of the white eye-stripe. 



Range in Great Britain. — The Great Crested Grebe breeds in 

 some of the open meres of England, such as the Norfolk 

 Broads, and certain lakes in Leicestershire, Yorkshire, Shrop- 

 shire, Cheshire, Lancashire, and Breconshire. Its most 

 northerly breeding range in Great Britain appears to be in the 

 neighbourhood of the Clyde, where Mr. Robert Read has 

 discovered its nest. In winter it is shot on most of our 

 coasts. Mr. R. J. Ussher states that in Ireland it "breeds on 

 lakes, large and small, in Antrim, Down, Armagh,' Monaghan, 

 Fermanagh, Longford, Westmeath, King's and Queen's 

 Counties, Clare, Gal way, Roscommon, Sligo, and Leitrim. 

 Several pairs inhabit some of the larger lakes." 



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