GREBE. 2.9 



This is probably only a young bird. We believe the Red-necked 

 Species to be more common in England than is usually supposed. 

 and that it certainly breeds with us. Dr. Lamb, of Newbury, 

 mentioned his having seen one on a pond opposite B urges Burgh- 

 field, in Berkshire, in May : it is probably widely extended on the 

 Continent; supposed to inhabit Denmark and Norway, as Mr. Pen- 

 nant received one from Copenhagen ; and it is found, though very 

 rarely, towards the Caspian Sea. We find it not to be uncommon 

 in Carinthia, and other parts of the German Dominions, having the 

 same manners as the rest of the tribe, in respect to the nest and eggs; 

 and that it lays four or five of the latter, which are of a smutty 

 white ; it feeds on small fish, and water insects, as well as water 

 plants, and the flesh like that of others, oily and unsavoury. We 

 have observed this bird in drawings done in India, so may of course 

 suppose it to inhabit that part of the world. 



6.— INDIAN GREBE. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill thick and short, black, with a white tip ; 

 at the base, on each side, a white mark, occupying all the lower, 

 and part of the upper mandible; hides yellow; head and neck black; 

 at the back of the low jaw, and round the neck before, for halfway, 

 fine rufous; back dusky; breast and all beneath grey and white 

 mixed ; legs greenish black. 



Inhabits India. — Sir John Anstruther's drawings. It bears some 

 resemblance to the Red-necked, but appears to be a distinct species. 



7.— LITTLE GREBE. 



Podiceps minor, Ind. Orn. ii. 784. Rail, 125. A. 3. Will. 258. t. 61. Tern. Man. 



Ed. ii. 727. 

 Colymbus minor, Gm. Lin. i. 223. y. Fn. suec. No. 152? Frisch, t. 1S4. Sepp, ii. 



t. 119. Gerin. v. t. 517. Klein, Stem. 39. t. 39. f. 1. 



