British Birds. 
Old World and breeds throughout its range. In England the nest is generally found 
near the edges of the reeds or among the rubbish which accumulates on the side 
of a ‘Broad’ or lake, but in some places on the Continent of Europe the species breeds 
in colonies in the reed-beds, and Seebohm says that he found dozens of nests on the 
Garda Lake, about sixty miles west of the Gulf of Danzig. The nest is made 
of weeds and sedges ; the three or four eggs are greenish-white, with a chalky 
covering, and are a little over two inches in length. 
The grey throat of this Grebe distinguishes it from L. cristata 
in summer plumage, and in winter both old and young birds 
want the white eyebrow which distinguishes the last-named 
species. The wing is over six inches in length, so that the 
Red-necked 
THE 
RED-NECKED 
GREBE. 
( Lophcethyia 
griseigena.) 
Grebe cannot 
be confounded with any of the suc- 
ceeding species, which it resem- 
bles somewhat in winter plumage. 
It is a rare bird in Great 
Britain, and only visits us in win- 
ter. Its breeding range extends 
from Southern Norway to the 
Baltic provinces, through Russia 
to Central Asia. It is very com- 
mon in Northern Germany, where 
it arrives in April, and builds a 
floating nest of reeds and decayed 
water-plants: the eggs are three or 
four in number, and are greenish- 
white, with a chalky covering. 
They measure about two inches 
in length. 
i — T he Red-necked Grebe. 2 — The Sclavonian ■ 
Grebe. 3 — The Black-necked Grebe. 
THE 
SCLAVONIAN 
GREBE. 
( Dytes auritus.) 
In the genus Dytes the bill is shorter and stouter than in 
Lophathyia, and the form of the tippet is different, extending 
round the entire throat, while there is a distinct crest of rufous 
plumes on each side of the head above the tippet. The present 
species is a regular winter visitor to Great Britain, especially 
to the east coast of England. It nests in Iceland, and throughout Northern Europe 
and Siberia to North America. In winter it is found in the Mediterranean and also 
extends as far as the Bermudas. The nest is built, after the manner of all Grebes, 
in a fresh-water lake. The eggs are four or five in number, and are greenish-white 
with the usual chalky coating ; the length is about an inch-and-three-quarters 
to nearly two inches. 
