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approaching it, should any bird, as a Shag or Black Guillemot, 

 happen to rise anywhere in its vicinity, the grebe always rises 

 at once ; we had therefore to be extremely careful to get such 

 birds as there were within sight well out of the course of the 

 boat." 



Eegarding this bird breeding in Orkney, Mr. Spence writes 

 as follows : " I only know of one instance in which the nest and 

 eggs of this bird have been found in Orkney. In this instance 

 referred to it was found breeding in one of the marshy pools on 

 the Quanterness moors. One of the eggs then obtained is now 

 in Mr. George Walker's collection." This would require much 

 further confirmation before such a fact could be taken for 

 granted. 



Podiceps nigricollis (C. L. Brehm). Eared Grebe, 



Mr. Small, Edinburgh, informs us he had an Eared Grebe sent 

 him from Orkney on June 1st, 1873. 



Mr. Millais informs us that he believes, in Dunn's time, he 

 used to get this grebe in Loch Stenness, but that of late years 

 he has never heard of a specimen having been killed anywhere 

 in Orkney. 



Podiceps fluviatilis (Tunstall). Little Grebe. 



Not uncommon, and resident. Low found it breeding in South 

 Ronaldsay. Mr. Watt says it nests in the reeds on the Loch 

 of Skaill, and remains the whole year round ; we saw its eggs 

 in Mr. Irvine-Fortescue's collection from this place. Mr. Millais 

 says they are resident on the Loch of Stenness. In Sanday 

 they breed on Loch Bea, and we have seen eggs taken there in 

 the collection of Mr. Denison of Brough. We have noticed the 

 Little Grebe on Loch Wasbister during the summer of 1883, 

 but did not look for its nest, though the loch is well suited for 

 it ; we also saw this species in a small loch in the island of 

 Egilsay in June 1888. 



