430 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



seen in Finland in spring, and on the south-west coast of 

 Sweden only in winter. 



As well as the last, breeds in Denmark. I never got 

 this nest on the Wener, where the last breeds commonly. 



288. P. CORNUTUS, Lath; P. ARCTICUS, Boie (female in 



autumn). Svarthufvad Dopping. The Sclavonian 

 Grebe. The Eared Grebe. D. F. 

 Beak small, black, with pale tip, equally convex on 

 both mandibles ; length from the forehead 1 in., high 

 3tr 1. ; breadth 2-f- 1. ; length 14 in. ; tarsus 1 in. 7 1. ; 

 outer toe 2 in. 4 1. 



A good deal of confusion has existed respecting the iden- 

 tity of this Sclavonian grebe. It is now, I believe, pretty 

 clearly decided that we have but five good species of grebe 

 in Europe, all of which are included in the Swedish fauna. 



Summer dress : head black ; front of the throat red- 

 brown ; a rusty band of long bushy feathers over, and at the 

 back of the eyes ; a bushy cravat of long black feathers 

 underneath it ; all the upper parts black ; the under parts 

 atlas white ; sides tinged with red. 



Autumn : head smooth, with no ears or cravat ; and, 

 like all the upper parts of the body, blackish brown ; under 

 parts white; throat and cheeks whitish; a streak at the 

 back of the eye, and the front of the neck rusty brown. 



The twelve first primaries in the adult bird are at all 

 seasons grey-brown ; the thirteenth with a brown spot on 

 the end, the rest pure white ; the inner ones at the tip and 

 on the outer fan black-brown. In the young bird the twelve 

 first primaries are altogether brown ; the thirteenth with a 

 grey-brown spot on the end, the rest white. 



The young bird in winter has the head and upper parts 

 black ; throat and cheeks white ; neck in front grey ; under 

 parts white ; sides black and white. Is sparingly distributed 

 over the whole country from Gothenburg up to East Fin- 

 land, and far up into Norway. 



289. P. NISROCOLLIS, Br. Svart Halsad Dopping. The 



Black-necked Grebe (Gould). D. 



