300 EALLID^. 



Podicipes fluviatilis (Tunst.) ; Ogilvie-Orant, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxvi. 1898, p. 607 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 725. 



FluvmSlis = of, or belonging to, a river, fluviiis. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Resident, gene- 

 rally distributed, but becoming rarer towards the north of 

 Scotland, the Orkney and Shetland Islands, and the Outer 

 Hebrides. In winter many resort to the tidal waters. 

 Migrants visit the east coast of Great Britain during 

 the autumn. 



General Distribution. — The Little Grebe breeds in central 

 and southern Europe south of about 62° N. latitude and across 

 central Asia to Japan : also in north Africa. In other parts 

 of Africa, Madagascar, south-western Asia, India, and 

 C'eylon, it is represented by an allied form, P- /. capensis, 

 and in southern China, the Philippine Islands, and Borneo 

 by another race, P. f. philippensis. 



Order RALLIFORMES. 



Family TiALLIDJE. 



Genus RALLUS Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. IoIk 

 Type : R. aquations Linn. 



Rallus, the latinized form of the French Rale, our Rail, Dutch Ral ; akin 

 to rattle. 



Eallus aquaticus. Wateb-Rail. 



Rallus aquaticus Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 153 : 

 Great Britain. 



Rallus aquaticus Linn.; B. 0. Z7. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 146; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. 1894, p. 20 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 515. 



Aquaticus =: living in or by the water. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Eesident and a 

 Winter Visitor. It breeds in most marshy districts in England, 

 especially in Norfolk ; also in Ireland. In Scotland it nests 

 less frequently, especially towards the north, but it has 

 bred in the Orkney, though not apparently in the Shetland 



