EAEED GREBE. 



PODICEPS NIGRICOLLIS, C. L. Brehm. 



Podiceps nigricollis, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 963 



(1831) ; Yarr. ed. 4, iv. p. 133; Dresser, viii. p. 651. 

 Colymbus cornutus, Naum. ix. p. 739. 

 Colymbus arcticus, Naum. ix. p. 755. 

 Podiceps auritus, Macg. v. p. 270; Hewitson, ii. p. 445. 



Grebe oreillard, French ; Schwarz-hals Ohrtaucher, Ger- 

 man ; Zambullidor menor, Spanish. 



My own acquaintance with this species was originally 

 formed in the Mediterranean, and subsequently carried 

 on in certain parts of Spain that are not bordered by 

 that sea. The only British specimen that I have ever 

 handled " in the flesh " was a fine male with fairly deve- 

 loped ear-tufts, that was shot by Lord Clifton from my 

 yacht's gig in Weymouth Bay in April 1876. Many 

 specimens have been obtained (some of them in complete 

 breeding-dress) in Norfolk, Suffolk, and the southern 

 counties of England ; it also occurs in Scotland and 

 Ireland. Mr. H. Saunders, from whose invaluable 

 ' Manual ' I quote these particulars, refers to the 

 'Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Nat. Hist. 

 Society ' to the effect that the late well-known collector 



