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men of this bird being found in the south of Scotland." 
In December, 1878, a Slavonian Grebe was killed, also at 
Lochmaben* ; and in 1889 WilHam Hastings, recording a 
local specimen obtained recently, says that the species is 
" by no means common." f " Mabie Moss " in 1891 wrote : 
" A bird unusually common this winter [i.e., 1890-1891] in 
fresh waters, and also on the Solway Firth, is the Dusky 
or Slavonian Grebe. Several were washed ashore dead. "J 
The Slavonian Grebe breeds throughout parts of northern 
Europe, Siberia, and North America. In winter, its emigra- 
tions extend to the waters of Europe down to the Medi- 
terranean ; and in the Western Hemisphere, to the northern 
States, and occasionally as far south as the Bermudas. To 
the north coast of Scotland it is a regular winter- visitant, 
as also in a less degree to the east coast of England ; to 
the west and to Ireland its visits are more irregular. It 
has been found lately nesting in Argyllshire, § the first 
authentic record for the British Isles. 
THE BLACK-NECKED or EARED GREBE. 
Podicipes nigricollis (C. L. Brehm). 
Has occurred once. 
The only local record of the occurrence of the Black-necked, 
or, as it is sometimes called, the Eared Grebe, is of a pair 
shot in 1863 at Castledykes Pool,|| on the Nith ; they were 
seen and handled by Sir William Jardine.^ 
This species is of a more southerly habitat than the 
preceding. It breeds in central and southern Europe, 
* Trans. D. and G. Nat. Hist. Soc, December 5th, 1879. 
t Op. cit., February 1st, 1889. 
t Dumfries Courier and Herald, February 26th, 1891. 
§ Bulletin of Brit. Ornith. Club., Vol. XXV., pp. 75, 70. 
II Trans. D. and Q. Nat. Hist. Soc, April 20th, 1905. 
<f| R. Service's MS. Diary, December 3rd, 1887. 
