262 BIRDS OF LANCASHIRE. 



EED-NECIvED GEEBE. 

 PoDiciPES GRisEiGENA (Bodclaei't). 



A winter visitor, of uncommon occurrence. I have 

 records of only seven examples obtained within the last 

 twenty years, six of which were from inland positions, 

 and the seventh from the Wyre estuaiy. 



SLAVONIAN GEEBE. 



PoDicirES AURiTus (Liiiiiaeus). 



A winter visitor, rarer even than the last. 



One was shot in November, 1848, on Beswick reser- 

 voir {Zool. [1850] , p. 2924, John Plant) : a young bird 

 of the year in February, 1864, near the mouth of the 

 Alt (C. S. Gregson, " Proc. Histor. Soc. Lane, and 

 Chesh.," 1865-66) : Bury reservoir, 1874 (E. Davenport): 

 Fleetwood, December, 1879 (Dr. Kershaw) : near Colne, 

 winter of 1880 (H. Whalley). 



BLACK-NECKED or EAEED GEEBE. 



PoDiciPEs NiGRicoLLis, C. L. Brelim. 



[Mr. Hugh P. Hornby, writing to Mr. Howard under 

 date of July 22nd, 1892, says : — " I have a beautiful 

 specimen of an Eared Grebe (P. n'ujricoUis), killed by 

 E. Bagot near Lune mouth, late in March or early in 

 April, 1886."— Ed.-; 



