PODICEPS. 297 



Fodiceps Cristatus. Geeat Crested Grebe. 



Colymbus cristatus Linnwus, iSyst. Nat. 1758, p. 135 : 



Sweden. 



Podiceps cristatus (Linn.) ; S. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 202. 

 Podicipes cristatus Ogilvie- Grant, Cat. Birds S. M. xxvi. 1898, 

 p. 544 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 717. 



Crietdtus = furnished with a crest. 



Distribntion in the British Islands. — A Resident, which 

 has greatly extended its breeding-range during recent 

 years and nested in Morayshire in 1913. To the extreme 

 north of Scotland, the Orkney and Shetland Islands and the 

 Inner Hebrides it is a rare visitor, while from the Outer 

 Hebrides it has not been recorded. In winter it frequents 

 the coastal districts. 



General Distribution. — The G-reat Crested Grebe breeds 

 in central and southern Europe and Asia from about 60° 

 N. latitude as far east as Japan, Australia, Tasmania, and 

 New Zealand ; also in north Africa from Morocco to Tunisia. 

 It winters in the Mediterranean basin and north Africa. 

 In north-east, central, and southern Africa it is represented 

 bv the closely allied P. c. infuscatus, and birds from Australia 

 and New Zealand have also been distinguished. 



Podiceps griseigena. Eed-jsteckbd Grebe. 



Colymbus grlsegena Boddaert, Tabl. des PI. Enl. 1783, 

 p. 55 : France [Hartert]. 



Podiceps griseigena (Bodd.) ■ B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 203. 

 Podicipes griseigena Ogilvie- Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 1898, 

 p. 539 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 719. 



Griseigena = with grey cheeks ; from griseus and gena. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Winter Visitor, met 

 with chiefly on the eastern coast of Great Britain, less fre- 

 quently on the south, and rarely on the west. On the coast 



