BED-NECKED GREBE. 



PODICEPS GRISEIGENA (Boddaert). 



Colymbus grisegena, Boddaert, Tabl. des PL Enl. p. 55 



" (1783). 

 Colymbus rubricollis, Naum. is. p. 720. 

 Podiceps rubricollis, Macg. v. p. 259; Heivitson, ii. p. 443. 

 Podiceps griseigena, Yarr. ed. 4, iv. p. 124; Dresser, viii. 

 p. 639. 



Grebe jou-gris, French ; Rothhalsiger Taucher, German ; 

 Zambullidor, Spanisb. 



As this is a species that I never met with alive, I 

 merely mention here that, although it has never been 

 known to nest in the United Kingdom, it is by no 

 means an uncommon autumnal visitor to various parts 

 of the British coasts, especially to those of the Eastern 

 counties of England and Scotland. This Grebe is said 

 to breed abundantly in Denmark, Northern Germany, 

 Sweden, and Russia. From the records given by many 

 authors it appears to closely resemble the Great Crested 

 Grebe in general habits, except that it does not use its 

 wings in diving. Colonel Irby identified several of this 

 species at Ras-Doura in Morocco in April, and quotes 

 from the notes of Favier to the effect that some of these 

 birds remain to breed in that country*. 



* ' Ornithology of the Straits of Gibraltar' (London, 1875). 



