EARED GREBE. 12a) 
places in the county. One at Sutton the end of April, 1849. 
In Durham one near the lighthouse, by the Tees’ month, 
12th. of April, 1846. A pair of these birds were shot on 
a pond by Peperharow Park, near Godalming, Surrey. In 
Oxfordshire a fine male specimen was shot on Port Meadow, 
near Oxford, the end of April, 1843. In the month of 
June, 1847, a specimen was captured on the Isis near 
Sandford in full summer plumage. The bird has been pro- 
eured near London, one at Hampstead, and two near 
Kingsbury, Middlesex, in 1841. One at Duxford; also in 
Dorsetshire and Sussex. Others have occurred in the winter 
months. 
In Orkney this Grebe is stated by Mr. Clouston to be 
not rare. One was shot near Kirkwall in October, 1852, 
by J. H. Baikie, Esq. 
In Scotland a few specimens have occurred. Robert Gray, 
Esq., of Glasgow, has sent me notice of one met with at 
Dunbar. 
In Ireland it is extremely rare, but has occurred in the 
county of Dublin. 
They dive to perfection, and are equally ‘au fait’ at 
swimming. 
They feed on water-insects and their larve, tadpoles, 
young frogs, and water-plants, obtained principally by divine. 
The bird before us builds its nest of and among reeds 
and rushes, and places it by the edge of a pond. 
The eggs are of a pure white colour, sometimes with and 
sometimes without a tinge of blue; the surface is rough. 
They are of a regular oval shape, widest in the middle, and 
tapering towards each end. ‘Their number, three or four, 
or, Selby says, four or five. 
Incubation is said by Meyer to last three weeks. 
Male; weight, nineteen ounces; length, one foot to one 
foot and one inch. The form of the bill readily distinguishes 
this species. It is gradually bent upwards to the tip which 
is slightly reflected. The under bill reddish at the base, 
the tip, and the whole of the upper bill, black; the tip is 
slightly bent; the base flattened. Iris, rich deep orange red, 
the eyelids edged with the same colour; behind the eye is 
a triangular-shaped patch, presently described; forehead, sooty 
black. The head on the sides has two tufts of long narrow 
feathers of pale yellow or buff, passing into deep orange 
chesnut. Crown, neck on the back, and nape, shining 
