B52 
THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE, 
Our earliest record relates to the Isle of Wight. 
More calls it " a bird long sought amongst the numerous 
dusky grebes that frequent our shores in winter, but the 
only authentic specimen yet found is one that was killed 
off Sea View, in December, 1858, in company with a 
young horned (Sclavonian) grebe which fell to the same 
shot." He then proceeds to give a careful description of 
the plumage. 
Mr. Hart has specimens procured near Christchurch in 
April and May, 1863; December, 1876; and November, 
1880. 
In the Winchester College Museum are specimens 
obtained at Stockbridge, in 1883, and near Portchester, 
in 1900. 
Unlike the last, this is a southern species, which 
migrates as far to the north-west as the British Islands, 
usually in spring and winter, to escape the colder climate 
of the Continent. It is a native of the countries bordering 
the Mediterranean and Black Seas. 
Genu S — Tachyhaptes. 
289. Tachybaptes fluviatilis. Little Grebe. 
Dabchick. Di-dapper. Daverchick. 
A common resident, universally distributed in all dis- 
tricts on the mainland, and occurring in considerable 
numbers in some places. 
Much less common in the Isle of Wight, but also 
resident there. 
Gilbert White mentions in Letter xlii. to Barrington 
