170 BIRDS OF GUERNSEY. 



The Little Grebe is included in Professor Ansted's 

 list, and marked by him as occurring in Guernsey 

 only. There are two specimens in the Museum 

 and some eggs, which were said to be Guernsey, 

 and probably w^ere so, perhaps from the Vale Pond. 



149. Eared Grebe. Podicepsnigricollis,SnndieYBl. 

 French, " Grebe oreillard." — The Eared Grebe is 

 an occasional autumnal visitant to the Islands, 

 remaining on till the winter ; it is never very 

 numerous ; in some years, however, it appears to visit 

 the Islands in greater numbers than in others, as 

 Mr. Couch mentions, at p. 4380 of the ' Zoologist' 

 for 1875, that, amongst other grebes, four Eared 

 Grebes were brought to him between the 4th and 

 13th of January. I do not know, however, that 

 it ever occurs at any time of year except the winter 

 and autumn ; and I have never seen a Channel 

 Island specimen in breeding plumage, or even in a 

 state of change. 



The Eared Grebe is included in Professor Ansted's 

 list, but only marked as occurring in Guernsey. 

 There is now no specimen in the Museum. 



150. ScALAVONiAN Grebe. PocUceps auritus, 

 Linnaeus. French, " Grebe cornu ou Esclavon." — 

 The Sclavonian Grebe is a regular and rather 

 numerous autumn and winter visitor to all the 

 Islands. In rough weather it may be seen fishing 



