LOPH^FHYIA. 13' 



1. Merton Hall, Norfolk, 14tli May Seebohm Coll. 



(H. Seebohm). 



'). Norfolk. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Norfolk (A. Gator). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Tring, Herts, 27th June (//. See- Seebohm Coll. 



boh MI). 

 '2. Lake Peipus, Baltic Provinces Seebohm Coll. 



(Russoiv). 



.'!(>. Garde See, Poinerania, 5th June Seebohm Coll. 

 (H. Seebohm}. 



4. Neusiedler Lake, Hungary, May. C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 

 1. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



Lophaethyia griseigena (Bodd.}. 



Podiceps rubricollis, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixxiv. fig. 6, a, b 



(1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 16. fig. 2 (1855-63) ; 



Hetcitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 443, pi. cxx. fig. i (1856) ; 



Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 459, pi. 39 (1885). 

 Podieeps griseigena, Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 639 (1878). 

 Podicipes rubricollis, Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 80, pi. 22. fig. 12 



(1896). 



Podicipes griseigena, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 539 (1898). 

 Lophaethyia griseigena, Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 115 (1899). 



The eggs of the Red-necked Grebe vary from 1-9 to 2-15 in 

 length, and from 1-25 to 1-5 in breadth. 



1. Kalix, Sweden. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



10. Copenhagen, 20th May (H. See- Seebohm Coll. 



bohm). 



5. Brunswick, 29th April. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Brunswick, 20th May. Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Hirsova, Dobrudscha, 12th June Seebohm Coll. 



(H. Seebohm}. 



4. Sarepta, S.E.Russia (Dr. Stader}. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Tangiers (Noury : Hargitt Coll}. Seebohm Coll. 



Lophaethyia holboelli (lleinh.}. 



Colymbus holbcellii, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. Water Birds JV. Am. ii. 



* p. 428 (1884). 



Podicipes holboelli, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xx\i. p. 542 (1898). 

 Lophrethyia holboelli, Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 115 (1899). 



The four eggs of the American Red-necked Grebe in the Col- 

 lection measure respectively : 2-1 by 1-33 ; 2' 16 by 1-4 ; 2-2 by 

 1-4; 2-1 by 1-38. 



1. Fort Yukon, Alaska (J. Lockhart : Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Hemhaw Coll.}. 

 3. Fort Yukon (R. Kennicott : Henshaw Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Coll,}. 



