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COLYMBIM. 
number of common shrimps ( Crangon vulgaris), and of opossum 
shrimps {My sis). On the 11th of November, 1847, two more 
of these grebes were killed at the same shot to the west of Gar- 
moyle, Belfast Bay, but unfortunately were not saved for preserva- 
tion. All of the preceding birds were in winter plumage. 
On the 24th of February, 1838, several specimens of the 
eared grebe were sent to Mr. Glennon from the county of Wex- 
ford.* An immature one was obtained at Muskerry, county Cork, 
in 1847.t Two birds, in full adult summer plumage, have come 
under my notice. One of these was shot near Dublin, on the 
15th of June, 1847, and is in Mr. Watters’ collection. The 
contents of its stomach, having been preserved, were shown to 
me, and consisted wholly' of downy feathers, with the exception 
of a quantity of the remains of coleopterous insects that glittered 
among them; two large beetles were in its throat. The other 
individual, in full summer plumage, was shot early in June 1849, 
near Benburb, Armagh, and is in the possession of the Rev. 
George Robinson, of Tartaraghan rectory in that county. 
The eared grebe would appear, from the preceding records of 
its occurrence, to be about equally scarce in Ireland as in England 
and Scotland. In both of these countries it is considered the 
rarest species of the genus Podiceps ; J but in Ireland, the P. 
rubricollis is still more rare. 
THE LITTLE GREBE. 
Dabchick; Blackchin Grebe (old). 
Podiceps minor , Gmel. (sp.) 
Colymbus ,, ,, 
Is a resident species distributed over the island. 
It is mentioned in Smith’s Histories of Cork and Waterford ; 
in the former, as “ common on the sea-coast,” and in the latter, as 
“ sometimes killed in this county.” M ‘Skim min, in his ( History 
* Mr. T. W. Warren. 
f Dr. J. K. Harvey. 
t Jar dine, Yarrell. 
