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mens occur during the whole winter in the Edin- 

 burgh markets, and we have frequently shot it in 

 the river Annan during winter ; it never attempted 

 to fly, but was not nearly so watchful as the Little 

 Grebe, diving but coming up again in sight, and 

 allowing itself to be approached within shot The 

 Little Grebe, on diving, immediately seeks some 

 cover, and is not again seen. In Central Europe it 

 is also chiefly a winter visitant, but breeds in Swe- 

 den, * and Mr. Proctor found it in Iceland; Mr. 

 Selby states that it is found in Northern Asia ; in 

 North America it is generally distributed, the greater 

 numbers going far northward to breed ; it migrates 

 in flocks of as many as thirty together, t 



The bill is shorter than the head and bends slightly 

 but regularly to the tip ; " forehead, crown, and large 

 ruff encircling the neck, glossy greenish black; be- 

 tween the bill and eyes is a patch of reddish brown ; 

 streak behind the eyes, and the occipital tuft (or 

 horns), buff-orange; hind part of the neck, back, 

 scapulars, and wings, blackish grey, the feathers 

 having paler margins; secondaries white; fore part 

 and sides of the neck, and sides of the breast, rich 

 reddish orange; the rest of the under plumage 

 shining silky white; the outside of the tarsus is 

 deep grey, and the inside pale yellowish grey." J 



In the plumage of the Dusky Grebe, the speci- 

 mens shot in the Annan, before alluded to, have the 

 upper plumage greyish brown, darker on the scapu- 



* Nilsson. f Audubon. Selby 



