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PYGOPODES. 



PODICIPEDIDJ;. 



PODICIPEDIDJi. 



PoDiCEPS AURiTUS (Linna3us*). 

 THE SCLAVONIAN GREBE. 



Podiceps cornutus. 



The Sclavonian Grebe was first described as a visitor to 

 Britain by Montagu, from an example obtained at Truro, in 

 May, 1796. It is a northern species wliicli is decidedly rare 

 on our south and south-west coasts, but it annually visits 

 our eastern waters from autumn to spring; being, according 

 to Mr. Cordeaux, the commonest of the Grebes at the mouth 

 of the Humber. Mr. Stevenson states that, from his notes, 

 which extend over thirty years, the Sclavonian Grebe has 

 been obtained on the Norfolk coast in about the following 

 proportion — October one, November five, December one, 



* Cohjmbus mcritus, Linnaeus, Sjst. Nat. E'l. 12, i. p. 222 (1766). It is 

 unfortunite that the specific name undoubtedly conferred upon this bird by 

 Linnaeus should have been diverted to its smaller and more southern congener, 

 the Eared Grebe, P. nigricoUis. 



