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BIRDS. 



Of other specimens which I have seen which had been obtained in 

 Tay, all are in the duskier plumage of winter or late autumn, or in that 

 of the young of the year. I found one of these in the nice small local 

 collection belonging to Mr. Frost, Crielf, and two are in the Perth 

 Museum. In both cases these had been named Sclavonian Grebes. 



Ohs. — Of the nesting of this interesting bird elsewhere in Britain 

 (not in Scotland) I wish to give the following references : — 0. V. Aplin, 

 in Zoologist, 1904, pp. 417-20, when four pairs were seen by three 

 ornithologists, on one sheet of water, accompanied by young. And 

 again, O. V. Aplin, in ZooL, 1906, p. 315, when he himself saw five 

 adult birds, (presumably) at the same place; but on this occasion 

 the young had probably not yet hatched off. The fact of the 

 young, however, not having been seen on the latter occasion seems 

 immaterial, having consideration to the previous account {swpra), 



Podicipes fluviatilis (Tunstall). Little Grebe. 



Common. Kather local in distribution. Frequents deep still pools of 

 our rivers and backwaters, and ponds and reedy lochs. Generally 

 distributed, but not to be termed abundant anywhere. 



This interesting little bird is, however, spoken of as common by 

 Mr. J. Milne ; and they are so at suitable places, no doubt, as at 

 Drumtochty and Glensaugh, on the ponds and lochs there, and 

 appearing at other places in the winter. 



It would be an easy thing to give a quite long list of breeding 

 places, but the bird is too common to require such attention. 



