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LIST OF NORFOLK BIRDS. 
237. Great Crested Grebe [Podicipes cristatus). 
Lubbock speaks of this noble bird as very numerous, and the 
greatest ornament of the Norfolk Broads. In 1822, after referring 
to the large number of its eggs which he had seen taken, and the 
hostility of the fishermen owing to its piscatorial propensities, 
he says : “ I may live to see the day Avhen, even in Norfolk, it is 
almost extinct.” This prediction was in a fair way towards being 
accomplished previous to the close time enactment, but, thanks to 
this salutary check, it is still the “ chief ornament of the Broads ; ” 
and is found in many other pieces of water in different parts of 
the county. The breeding birds, on their arrival in the month of 
March, are generally accompanied by a number of migrants, which 
pass on probably to breed further north.— S. 
238. Eed-necked Grebe [Podicipes griseigena). 
Barer than the previous, and more marine. This species has 
never been proved to breed in Norfolk, although it has more than 
once been met with in full breeding plumage. 
239. SoLAVONiAN Grebe {Podia'pes auritus). 
By no means uncommon in winter, but very rare in nuptial 
plumage. Mr. Stevenson says it has oftenest occurred in February 
(Dresser, ‘Birds of Europe,’ vol. viii. p. 646). 
240. Eared Grebe {Podicipes nigricollis). 
Bare. hlr. Stevenson enumerates no less than twenty-five 
specimens in full, or nearly full, breeding plumage, as against two 
obtained in the winter (Dresser, ‘ Birds of Europe,’ vol. viii. p. 651) ; 
but a few have been obtained at the latter season since his notes 
were written.* 
241. Little Grebe {Podicipes flmdatilis). 
Fairly common at all tim.es, but decidedly migratory. They 
probably come to Norfolk in October, but their arrival is not 
often noticed. 
* Mr. E. T. Booth (‘Eough Notes,’ part xii.) speaking of the probability 
of this species having been a not unfrequent visitor, in the breeding season, 
“ in days gone by to several of the Broads in the Eastern Counties,” states 
that although he had Jiever seen it alive in summer, “a full-plumaged adult 
and a couple of downy mites” were brought to him by a marshman. Ho 
does not remember either the date or the precise locality, but by letter 
informs us that it was in the county of Norfolk. 
