i)5 
in the fens near Spalding in Lincolnshire,* 
and that the female makes a nest not un- 
like that of the Crested Grebe, and lays 
four or five small white eggs. 
Temminck informs us, that the young 
of the first year resemble in plumage very 
much those of the Podiceps Cornutus 
(Horned Grebe). They may be distin- 
guished from them by the white upon the 
cheeks being more extended, and descend- 
ing upon the sides of the neck, but it does 
not extend so far up on the back of the 
head ; by the irides being of a single 
colour; hy the base of the beak being 
sensibly depressed, and the two mandibles 
turned a little upwards. 
The Eared Grebe is found in the north- 
ern parts of Europe, the temperate and 
northern parts of Siberia, and in Iceland. 
* We have no doubt that it sometimes breeds in the 
county of Norfolk, as we last season received two immature 
specimens taken in the neighbourhood of Yarmouth : a por- 
trait of one of them accompanies that of Horned Grebe, 
