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SCLAVONIAN GREBE, 
Generic Character, See Podiceps cristatus. 
PoDiCEPs cornutus ; capita cristatus, collo subtus 
castaneo^ capite colloque supremo nigro- 
vires ce^itibus^ fasiculo pone oculos an- 
rantio rufescente. 
ScLAvONiAN Grebe. Head crested; beneath deep 
chesnut colour ; head and upper part of 
the neck greenish black ; tuft of feathers 
surrounding the eyes reddish orange. 
Podiceps Cornutus. j3. Lath Ind, Orn, v. 2. p. 783. 
CoLYMBus Cornutus. GmeL Sj/st. v. L p. 591. 
CoLYMBUS, sive Podiceps MINOR. Baii Sj/n. p. 190. 
CoLYMBUs cornutus MINOR. Bvlss, Om. V. 6. p. BO' 
Le petit Grebe cornu. Buf. Hist. d'Ois. v. S, p. 237. 
Le Grebe Esclavonie. Buff. PL Enl. 404. 
Horned Grebe. Lath. Sijn, v. b. p. 288. var. A. 
Eared or Horned Dobchick. Edward's Birds, 1. 145. 
Grebe Cornu ou Esclavon. Temm, Man. d'Orn, 
ed. 2. p. 721. 
Sclavonian Grebe. Mont. Orn. Bid. lb. Sup, 
Br, ZooL Svo. ed. v. 2. p. 
A HIS elegant bird has been confounded with the Eared 
Grebe, F, auritus, with which it has a near affinity ; it is the 
the scarcest of the two species, and appears to be but imper- 
fectly known to most of the authors who have noticed it. 
In the Supplement 'to Mr. Montagu's Ornithological Dic- 
tionary, he has been at considerable pains to point out (hose 
characters by which this is to be discriminated from the 
auritus. In the Eared Grebe the tuft of feathers on the 
sides of the head are of one leooih. and ;^row from a 
broad base behind the eyes ; whilst in this species they in- 
crease gradually in length from the base of the bill, and m- 
stead of inclining backward, as in other species, they stand 
