300 RALLID.E. 



Podicipes fluviatilis (Tunst.) ; Oc/ilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds S. Jf. 

 xxvi. 1898, p. 507 ; Sounders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 725. 

 F luvldtUis = of, or belonging to, a river, fluvins. 

 Distribution in the British Islands. A Resident, gene- 

 rally distributed, but becoming rarer towards the north of 

 Scotland, the Orkney and Shetland Islands, and the Outer 

 Hebrides. In winter many resort to the tidal waters. 

 Migrants visit the east coast of Great Britain during 

 the autumn. 



General Distrilmtion. The Little Grebe breeds in central 

 and southern Europe south of about 62 N. latitude and across 

 central Asia to Japan ; also in north Africa. In other parts 

 of Africa, Madagascar, south-western Asia, India, and 

 Ceylon, it is represented by an allied form, P. f. capensif, 

 and in southern China, the Philippine Islands, and Borneo 

 by another race, P. /. i>liilipi>ensis. 



Order RALLIFORMES. 

 Family RALLID^. 



Genus RALLUS Linmeus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 15.'?. 

 Type: R. aquaticits Linn. 



Eallus, the latinized form of the French Rale, our Rail, Dutch Ral ; akin 

 to rattle. 



Eallus aquaticus. WATER-RAIL. 



Rallus aquatiGUS Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 153 : 

 Great Britain. 



Kallus aquaticus Linn.; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 14; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. 1894, p. 20; Sawders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 515. 

 Aqudtlcus = living in or by the water. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Resident and a 

 Winter Visitor. It breeds in most marshy districts in England, 

 especially in Norfolk ; also in Ireland. In Scotland it nests 

 less frequently, especially towards the north, but it has 

 bred in the Orkney, though not apparently in the Shetland 



