448 Mr. A. G. More, on the Distribution of Birds 



PoDiCEPS CRisTATus {LcitL). Great Crested Grebe. 

 Provinces II.-V. VI.? VII.? VIII.-X. 

 Subprovinces, 6, S, 10, U, (12), 14, 15, i6?, 17 ?, 18 ?, 19, 21, 



22, 23. 

 Lat. 50°-55°. "English" type. Not in Scotland. 



A few pairs breed in the counties of Sussex, Herts, Suffolk, 

 Norfolk, Huntingdon (perhaps extinct, Mr. F. Bond), Worcester, 

 Warwick, Shropshire, Lincoln, Cheshire, and in both divisions 

 of Yorkshire. Yarrell tells us that the Great Crested Grebe 

 breeds on some of the lakes of Wales, but T do not know in 

 which of the districts. 



PoDiCEPS MINOR [Lath.). Little Grebe. 

 Provinces I.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-37. 

 Lat. 50°-60°. "British" type, or general. 



Throughout Great Britain, and extends to the Outer Hebrides 

 and Orkney, but does not appear to have been found breeding 

 in Shetland. 



Obs. — The Eared Grebe [Podiceps auritus) is mentioned by 

 Pennant as breeding at Spalding in Lincolnshire; but the nest 

 does not seem to have come under the notice of any recent observer. 



CoLYMBUs ARCTicus {Linn.). Black-throated Diver. 

 Provinces XV.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 29, 31 ?, 32, 34-36, (37). 

 Lat. 56°-59°. " Scottish " type. Not in Ireland. 



Mr. Robert Gray tells me that the Black-throated Diver breeds 

 on the confines of Perth and Argyleshire, extending to both 

 counties. The nest has been found in several parts of Argyle- 

 shire, Inverness, Ross, and Sutherland, and also in the Outer 

 Hebrides ; but the bird is said to have become quite extinct in 

 Orkney. 



CoLYMBUs SEPTENTRiONALis [Linn.). Red-throated Diver. 

 Provinces XV.— XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 31, 32, 34-38. 

 Lat. 56°-61°. " Scottish " type. Not in Ireland. 



With much the same range as the former species, the Red 



