PODICEPS. 297 



Podiceps cristatus. GREAT CRESTED GREBE. 



ColymbuS CristatUS Linnceus. Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 135 : 

 Sweden. 



Podiceps cristatus (Linn.) ; B. O. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 202. 

 Podicipes cristatus Ogilvie-G-rant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 1898, 

 p. 544 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 717. 



Cristdtus = furnished with a crest. 



Distribution in tlie British Islands. A Resident, which 

 has greatly extended its breeding-range during recent 

 years and nested in Morayshire in 1913. To the extreme 

 north of Scotland, the Orkney and Shetland Islands and the 

 Inner Hebrides it is a rare visitor, while from the Outer 

 Hebrides it has not been recorded. In winter it frequents 

 the coastal districts. 



General Distribution. The Great Crested Grebe breeds 

 in central and southern Europe and Asia from about 60 

 N. latitude as far east as Japan, Australia, Tasmania, and 

 New Zealand ; also in north Africa from Morocco to Tunisia. 

 It winters in the Mediterranean basin and north Africa. 

 In north-east, central, and southern Africa it is represented 

 by the closely allied P. c. infuscatus, and birds from Australia 

 and New Zealand have also been distinguished. 



Podiceps griseigena. KED-NECKED GREBE. 



ColymbuS grisegena Boddaert, Tabl. des PI. Enl. 1783, 

 p. 55 : France [Hartert]. 



Podiceps griseigena (Bodd.) ; B. O. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 203. 

 Podicipes griseigena Ogilvie- Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 1898, 

 p. 539 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 719. 



Griseigena = with grey cheeks ; from griseus and gena. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Winter Visitor, met 

 with chiefly on the eastern coast of Great Britain, less fre- 

 quently on the south, and rarely on the west. On the coast 



