522 PODICIPEDIDA 
Note.—This species is most readily distinguished from 
the Great Crested Grebe at all times of the year by the 
absence of a white stripe over the eye. 
Allied Species and Representative Forms.—P. holboelli, 
a larger form is the representative in the North Pacific 
and North America generally, including Greenland; it also 
inhabits Eastern Siberia. 
HORNED GREBE. § Podicipes auritus (Linneus). 
Coloured Figures.—Gould, ‘ Birds of Great Britain,’ vol. v, pl. 
40; Dresser, ‘ Birds of Europe,’ vol. viii, pl. 631, Lilford ; 
‘Coloured Figures,’ vol. vi, pl. 50. 
The Horned Grebe, also known as the Slavonian Grebe, 
is a winter-visitor to our coasts, arriving in some districts © 
in autumn and remaining until spring. It is not uncommon 
on the eastern sea-board of England, where it occurs 
annually. Further south and also on the west side it 
appears in smaller numbers and its visits are less regular. 
It is rare hkewise in the south of Iveland, though fre- 
quently seen in midwinter and in early spring off the north 
and north-west coasts. 
In Scotland it is distributed all round the coast, including 
the large Island-Groups ; indeed it is the most plentiful of 
the three species of Grebes which migrate to our Isles, but 
do not remain to breed. 
Immature birds and less often adults in winter-plumage, 
are most commonly met with; a few have been recorded as 
occurring in full nuptial dress. 
Among recent captures in breeding-plumage the following 
may be mentioned :—One, obtained April, 1898, at Barra in 
the Outer Hebrides; two shot out of a flock of six seen at 
Blacksod Bay, co. Mayo, on April 14th, 1895; a pair seen 
on Lough Swilly, in April 1893, by Professor Lecbody, and 
a male found dead on Lough Foyle in June, 1893, by Mr. 
Campbell. 
The haunts of the Horned Grebe in winter are generally 
in the smooth waters of bays and estuaries, and though 
storms may drive considerable numbers inland, yet. their 
appearance on fresh-water lakes takes place too frequently 
to be accounted for only in this way. 
