522 PODICIPEDIDJE 



Note. This species is most readily distinguished from 

 the Great Crested Grebe at all times of the year by the 

 absence of a white stripe over the eye. 



Allied Species and Representative Forms. P. holbdelli, 

 a larger form is the representative in the North Pacific 

 and North America generally," including Greenland ; it also 

 inhabits Eastern Siberia. 



HORNED GREBE. Podicipes auritus (Linnaeus). 



Coloured Figures. Gould, * Birds of Great Britain,' vol. v, pi. 

 40 ; Dresser, ' Birds of Europe,' vol. viii, pi. 631, Lilford ; 

 ' Coloured Figures,' vol. vi, pi. 50. 



The Horned Grebe, also known as the Slavonian Grebe, 

 is a winter-visitor to our coasts, arriving in some districts 

 in autumn and remaining until spring. It is not uncommon 

 on the eastern sea-board of England, where it occurs 

 annually. Further south and also on the west side it 

 appears in smaller numbers and its visits are less regular. 



It is rare likewise in the south of Ireland, though fre- 

 quently seen in midwinter and in early spring off the north 

 and north-west coasts. 



In Scotland it is distributed all round the coast, including 

 the large Island-Groups ; indeed it is the most plentiful of 

 the three species of Grebes which migrate to our Isles, but 

 do not remain to breed. 



Immature birds and less often adults in winter-plumage, 

 are most commonly met with ; a few have been recorded as 

 occurring in full nuptial dress. 



Among recent captures in breeding-plumage the following 

 may be mentioned: One, obtained April, 1898, at Barra in 

 the Outer Hebrides ; two shot out of a flock of six seen at 

 Blacksod Bay, co. Mayo, on April 14th, 1895 ; a pair seen 

 on Lough Swilly, in April 1893, by Professor Leebody, and 

 a male found dead on Lough Foyle in June, 1893, by Mr. 

 Campbell. 



The haunts of the Horned Grebe in winter are generally 

 in the smooth waters of bays and estuaries, and though 

 storms may drive considerable numbers inland, yet their 

 appearance on fresh-water lakes takes place too frequently 

 to be accounted for only in this way. 



