24.4, BIRDS OF CHESHIRE. 
examples, obtained on the reservoir at Combs just 
beyond the Derbyshire border. It occasionally ascends 
the rivers for some distance. One in the Warrington 
Museum was taken near Warrington Bridge on 
January 31st, 1849, and another was found alive in 
an ice-boat moored in the canal within a few yards of 
the Weaver at Acton Bridge, near Northwich, in the 
autumn of 1897.1 
FAMILY PODICIPEDID A. 
GREAT CRESTED GREBE. 
PODICIPES CRISTATUS (Linneeus). 
Diver, Great Diver. 
Except in Wirral and some parts of West Cheshire, 
where it is only known as a winter visitor, the Great 
Crested Grebe is resident throughout the county, being 
abundant on all the large sheets of water on the Plain, 
as well as on some of the reservoirs among the Hills. 
Indeed, this handsome species is found in greater 
numbers in Cheshire than in perhaps any other county 
in England. Although less numerous in winter, Grebes 
may be seen on the meres throughout the year, except 
when a hard frost drives them to the coast or to 
running water. 
The following are the principal haunts of the Great 
Crested Grebe on the Cheshire Plain during the breed- 
ing season:—The meres or pools at Rostherne, Mere, 
Tatton, Arley, Great Budworth, Pickmere, Alderley, 
Capesthorne, Oakmere, Hatchmere, Vale Royal, Oulton, 
Cholmondeley, Bar Mere, Marbury, Combermere; and 
1 F. Moss, Manchester City News, September 25, 1897. 
