PODICIPEDID.E. 133 



Family PODICIPEDID.E. 



Genus PODICIPES, Lath. 



Podicipes fluviatilis (Tanst.). 



IVulireps minor, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vb'g. tab. Ixxiv. fig. 10, a, b 

 (1845-54) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 446, pi. cxxi. fig. i 

 (1856) ; Sdloin, Ibis, 1859, p. 364 ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 468, 

 pi. 39 (1885) ; id. Birds Japan. Emp. p. 367 (1890). 



Tadiybaptus minor, Baedeker, Eier Ear. Vog. tab. 16. fig. 6 (1855-63). 



Podiceps fluviatilis, Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 659 (1880). 



Podicipes minor, Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 82, pi. 22. fig. 5 (1896). 



Podicipes fluviatilis, Irbij, Orn. Str. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 308 (1895) ; Grant, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 507 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p.. 113 (1899). 



The eggs of the Little Grebe measure from 1 -35 to 1*65 in length, 

 and from '95 to 1-1 in breadth. 



9. Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire (A. Seebohm Coll. 

 Lawler: Hargitt Coll.}. 



2. Loch-na-shanish, Inverness (Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



_ Coll.). 



4. Knockie, Inverness (J. Richmond : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



5. Tring, Herts, 27th June (H. Seebohm). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Avington Park, Hampshire, May (E. Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt). 



4. Avington Park, jVlay (E. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Denham, Suffolk, 25th May. Gould Coll. 



.">. Valkenswaard, Holland, 28th May. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Mark Brandenburg, 5th July. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Brunswick, 3rd May. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Seville, Spain (L. H. Irby). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Valencia. Seebohm Coll. 



6. Zana, Algeria, June (O. Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 6. Japan (H. Pn/er). Seebohm Coll. 



Podicipes philippinensis (Bonn.). 



Tachybaptes fluviatilis, Oates ed. Hum* 3 , Xests 4' Eggs 2nd. B. iii. p. 401 



part. (1890). 



Podicipes philippensis, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 511 (1898). 

 Podicipes philippiuensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 113 (1899). 



The two eggs of the Philippine Little Grebe in the Collection 

 measure respectively : 1'35 by 1 ; 1-45 by 1'03. 



1. Pegu, 25th July (E. W. Oates). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Poyang Lake, China (F. W. Sty an). Seebohm Coll. 



