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NAT A TORES. 



COLYMBID^. 



COLYMBIDJZ. 



THE EARED GREBE. 



Podiceps auritus. 



Podiceps auritus, The Eared Grebe, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 135. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 165. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 132. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 399. 



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 253. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Grebe oreillard, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 725. 



OF the five species of Grebes found in the British Islands, 

 the Eared Grebe appears to be the most rare. Colonel 

 Montagu mentions that during the many years he devoted 

 attention to ornithology he only obtained one specimen, and 

 the opportunity of examining a recently-killed bird is quite 



