PODICIPEDIDA. 717 
THE GREAT CRESTED GREBE. 
Popicipes cristATus (Linnzus). 
_ The Great Crested Grebe is more or less resident in England and 
Wales on extensive sheets of water partially overgrown with reeds ; 
such as the ‘broads’ of Norfolk, the meres of Yorkshire, Shrop- 
shire, Cheshire and Lancashire, Llangorse Lake in Breconshire, the 
reservoirs of Notts, Leicestershire, Northants, Bedfordshire, and 
Tring in Hertfordshire, Virginia Water in Surrey, and many similar 
localities; in fact, its increase during the last decade has been 
remarkable. In Scotland, it is now known to breed on at least eight 
lochs, as far north as Perthshire and probably Aberdeenshire ; while 
it has occurred in the Orkneys, though there are few satisfactory 
records from the Hebrides. In Ireland it nests on many of the fresh 
waters, especially in the district round Lough Neagh ; while in winter 
it may be met with on many parts of the British coasts. In Norfolk 
it is generally called a “ Loon,” in Lincolnshire it was formerly known 
asa “Gaunt,” and in the north-east of Ireland its name is “Mulrooken.” 
This species is only a straggler to the Fzroes, and an accidental 
visitor to Norway ; but it breeds in Southern Sweden, Denmark, and 
on both sides of the Baltic ; becoming exceedingly abundant in some 
parts of Russia, Poland, Germany and Hungary. Southward it nests 
in suitable localities down to the Mediterranean, as well as in North 
Africa, Palestine, Northern India, Central Asia and China, visiting 
South Japan ; while it is also resident in South Africa, some parts of 
Australia, and in New Zealand. There is no authenticated record 
for any part of America (Ridgway). 
