298 PODICEPID^. 



of Ireland it )ias been recorded about twelve times. It is 

 rarely met with on inland waters. In some seasons large 

 numbers have been observed. 



General Distribution. — The Red-necked Grebe breeds in 

 Europe and western Asia, ranging from southern Norway 

 and Archangel to the Mediterranean^ Black, and Caspian 

 seas. It also apparently nests in Morocco. It winters on 

 the coast of north Africa. In eastern Siberia and North 

 America to Greenland it is represented by P. g. holboelli, 

 which winters in Japan and the southern United States. 



Podiceps auritus. Slavonian or Eaked Grebe. 



Colymbus auritus Linncms, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 135 : 



Sweden. 



Podiceps auritus {Linn.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 203. 

 Podicipes auritus Ogili-ie- Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 1898, 

 p. 527 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 721. 



Auritus = eared : from auris = the ear. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — Chiefly a Winter 

 Visitor, but of recent years a few pairs have nested in the 

 north of Scotland and possibly elsewhere. In winter it is 

 found on all our coasts and is not uncommon on inland 

 waters, but is less frequent on the southern and western 

 shores of England and the south of Ireland, where it 

 sometimes also occurs in summer. 



General Distribution, — The Slavonian Grebe is a circum- 

 polar species breeding as far south as Denmark in Europe, 

 throughout Siberia, and in North America southwards to 

 about 40° N. latitude. In winter it is found over the rest 

 of Europe, rarely occurring on the north African coast, in 

 Asia as far south as the tropic of Cancer and Japan, and 

 in America southwards to CaHfornia and the Gulf of 

 Mexico. It has occurred in the Azores, the Bermudas, and 

 casually in Greenland. 



