THE HORNED OR SCLAVONIAN GREBE. 



Podiceps cornutus. 



PLATE XL 



Colymbus cornutus, Gmel. Grebe cornu ou Esclavon, Tcmm. 

 Honied or Sclavonian Grebe of British authors. Colymbus 

 and Podiceps obscurus. Dusky Grebe (the young}. 



THIS handsome species in its winter dress has been 

 sometimes confounded with the next, from which 

 however it is always easily distinguished by the 

 form of its bill ; and it is more than probable that the 

 synonims of the immature state have been applied 

 indiscriminately to them. In its full summer or 

 breeding dress, it appears to be a rare bird in Eng- 

 land, a few specimens only being recorded by Mr. 

 Yarrell as lately occuring; and it has probably 

 diminished to a partial extent, as the drainage of the 

 fenny countries has advanced. In Scotland we are 

 not aware of any breeding locality. In its winter 

 dress, on the contrary, it is not uncommon in Eng- 

 land, and we may say that in Scotland it is in this 

 state the most abundant, next to the Little Grebe, 

 and ranges from the Tweed to Shetland. Speci- 



