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THE SLAVONIAN OR HORNED GREBE. 

 PoDiciPES AURiTus (Liniia^us). 



The Slavonian Grebe is a northern species, and its occurrence on 

 the southern and western coasts of England is irregular even in 

 winter; but on the east it is frequently met with from autumn 

 to spring, especially in Norfolk and at the mouth of the Humber, 

 as well as further north. In Scotland it is generally distri- 

 buted on both sides, and in the Hebrides, Orkneys and Shetlands 

 it is even common ; while there can be no reasonable doubt that 

 one or two pairs have been in the habit of nesting for many 

 years past on some fresh-water lochs near Gairloch in Ross-shire, 

 where the birds have been watched by Messrs. E. T. Booth, John 

 H. Dixon, H. E. Dresser and others. According to Mr. A. G. 

 More, this Grebe is a regular winter-visitor to Ireland, in small 

 numbers ; but Mr. R. A\'arren has seldom observed it on the estuary 

 of the Moy, in the west. 



This species is only found in the Faeroes on migration, but it 

 breeds regularly in Iceland, Scandinavia and Russia, and sparsely 

 in Denmark ; while in the colder months it is known throughout the 

 rest of Europe^ down to the Mediterranean, where, however, it is 

 rare. In Asia, it ranges across Siberia to Japan, and about as fcir 

 south as lat. 24° during the cold season ; in America, it is common 



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