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Family PODICIPEDlDiE. 



Genus PODICIPES, Lath. 



Podicipes fluviatilis (Tunst.). 



Podiceps minor, Thien. Fortyflana. ges. Vog. tab. Ixxiv. fig. 10, a, b 

 (1845-54) ; HewUson, Eggs of Srit. Birds, ii. p. 446, pi. cxxi. fig. i 

 (1856) ; Salmn, Ibis, 1859, p. 364 ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 468,. 

 pi. 39 (1885) ; id. Birds Japan. Emp. p. 367 (1890). 



Tachybaptus minor, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 16. fig. 6 (1855-63). 



Podiceps fluviatilis, Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 659 (1880). 



Podicipes minor, Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 82, pi. 22. fig. 5 (1896); 



Podicipes fluviatilis, Irby, Orn. Str. Gtbr. 2nd ed. p. 308 (1895) ; &rant, 

 Cat.BirdsB. M. xxvi. p. 507 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i.p. 113 (1899). 



The eggs of the Little Grebe measure £romJ-35.to l:65'in length,, 

 and from -95 to 1"1 in breadth. 



9. Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire (A. Seebohm Gbll. 

 Lawler: Hargitt Coll.). 



2. Loch-na-shanish, Inverness (Hargitt Seebohm Coll.. 



Coll.). 



4. Knockie, Inverness (J. Richmond : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt CoU.). 



5. Tring, Herts, 27th June (H. Seebohm). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Avington Park, Hampshirej May {E. Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt). 



4. Avington Park, May {E. H.). Seebohm Coll.. 



6. Denham, Suffolk, 25th May. Gould Coll. 



3. Valkenswaard, Holland, 28th May. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Mark Brandenburg, 5th July. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Brunswick, 3rd May. Seebohm Coll., 

 1. Seville, Spain (i. H. Irby). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Valencia. Seebohm CoU. 



6. Zana, Algeria, June (0. Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll.. 

 6. Japan {H. Pi-yer)\ Seebohm Coll. 



Podicipes philippinensis (Botm.). 



Tachybaptes fluviatilis. Gates ed. Hume, Nests Sr Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 401 



part. (1890). 

 Podicipes philippensis. Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 511 (1898). 

 Podicipes philippinensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 118 (1899). 



The tvFO eggs of the Philippine Little Grebe in the Collection 

 measure respectively : 1'35 by 1 ; 1-45 by 1-03. 



1. Pegu, 25th July {E. W. Oates). Seebohm ColL 



1. Poyang Lake, China (F. W. Styan). Seebohm Coll. 



