Society for the Protection of Birds. 
EDUCATIONAL SERIES. + | Edited by H. E. DRESSER, F.L:S., F.Z.S. 
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No. 23.--GREBES. 
Bye JOEUIN Kk. Bs MASEFIELD, M.A, 
Vice-President North Staffordshire Field Club. 
“The Great Crested Grebe is the greatest ornithological ornament of our county.’—McAldowie, “ Birds 
of Staffordshire.” 
CRESTED GREBE. 
I. Name—_GREBES. 
Family—Podicipedide. 
Genus—Podiceps. P. cristatus. Great Crested Grebe. 
P. griseigena. Red-necked Grebe, 
P, auritus. Sclavonian Grebe. 
P, nigricollis. Eared Grebe, 
P. fluviatilis. Little Grebe. 
II. General Description. 
Great Crestep Grese.—Crown and crest dark brown; tippet chestnut, blackish at 
the margin ; upper parts dark brown; secondaries and carpals, white ; under parts 
satiny white ; bill, dark above, reddish horn at the sides; irides red. Total length, 
22 inches; wing, 8 inches. Female rather smaller, the crest and tippet less developed. 
Young striped above, white below, 
Rep-NECKED GreBe.—Distinguished from the Great Crested Grebe by the neck in front 
and upper portion of the breast being chestnut-red, by its rather smaller size and 
shorter crest. Cheeks and throat, greyish blue; crown and crest, dark greenish 
black. Length, 16} inches; wing, 7 inches. 
ScLAVONIAN GreBE.—Crown, forehead, chin, and tippet, black; a tuft of chestnut on 
each side of the head; neck, breast, and flanks, chestnut ; under parts, satiny white. 
Female smaller, with the head ornaments less developed. Length, 1385 inches; 
wing, 54 inches. 
Tlustration, by kind permission of Messrs. Gurney & Jackson, from “ Manual of British Birds,” by 
Mr. Howard Saunders. 
