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the sea. It is not an uulikely species to occur in 

 winter, at which time of the year it is marine in its 

 habits, and a great wanderer, not very uncommon off 

 the British coasts. It breeds abundantly in Southern 

 Scandinavia, up to the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, 

 and in Russia up to Archangel. It is larger than the 

 Sclavonian Grebe, adults measuring 16 J inches in 

 length, and 7 inches in the wing. In summer dress 

 it is hardly likely to occur in Iceland; in winter 

 plumage it is brown above and silvery below, old 

 birds nearly always retaining some traces of the red 

 throat of summer dress. Even in summer it has no 

 prominent ear-tufts, like most Grebes, but a black 

 crown bordered with white, and a conspicuous light 

 grey patch on the chin and sides of face, and, of course, 

 a chestnut-red neck. 



+^ Podicipes auritus (Linn.). 

 Sclavonian or Horned Grebe 

 (==P. cornutus, Gm.). 



Native names: 'Sefond (partim), Tloaskitur,' 'EloS- 

 skitur ' ; the last two have reference to * flow ' and 

 'flood,' i.e. marsh and pool, and are hardly ever 

 used. 



A summer visitor in considerable numbers to the 

 north and west, less abundantly elsewhere. I cannot 

 ascertain if any remain for the winter; it is not 

 unlikely that some may do so in the sea round the 

 southern coasts. 



