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%219. EARED GREBE, Podiceps nigricollis, Sundev, 
Von Heuglin seems not only to have found this in winter 
(Shelley’s “Birds of Egypt,” p. 313), but also breeding. I 
‘have not Petermann’s “Geographische Mittheilungen,” but 
the reviewer in the “Ibis” (of his list at p. 311 of part 
VIII.) says, he found it breeding at the lake of Tamieh in 
Faguin (Ibis, 1862, p. 81, cf, p. 195). Ido not know where 
these places are, but I saw a Grebe on Menzaleh which 
appeared, from its size to be this species, on two occasions, 
first from the shore, and afterwards from a boat. 
220.* LITTLE GREBE, Podiceps minor (Linn.) ; 
“ Zah-ut.” 
Three times I came across them in the Delta on inland 
waters, and once in the Faioum on the same pond with the 
Great-crested Grebes, but they are equally quick with them 
in diving; and unless you get a shot when they are not 
looking at you, you have not much chance. The 17th of 
January was my earliest date. The pair at the Faioum, 
which were in full summer plumage, were observed on the 
8th of June, so we are justified in concluding that it is 
resident in the country.f 
* The Lesser Kestrel, Sand-coloured Dove, and Coot, were omitted 
by error in the numbering, which makes the total 223. 
t A marshman, named Rich, informs me that about 1860, in the 
depth of a hard winter, some two hundred Dabchicks made their ap- 
pearance at Surlingham Broad, Norfolk, which was frozen over. The 
following Sunday, idle fellows from Norwich attacked them on the ice 
and drove them into the dykes, and before the expiration of a week 
they were nearly all killed. 
A somewhat similar visitation took place at Worthing in November, 
1868 (Zool. ss. 1482). 
