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THE HORNED OR SCLAVONIAN GREBE. 
Podiceps comutus. 
PLATE XL 
Colymbus comutus, Gmel . — Grebe cornu ou Esclayon, Temm . — 
Horned or Sclavonian Grebe of British authors . — Colymbus 
and Podiceps obscurus. — Dusky Grebe (the young). 
Tins handsome species in its winter dress has been 
sometimes confounded with the next, from which 
however it is always easily distinguished by the 
form of its bill ; and it is more than probable that the 
synonims of the immature state have been applied 
indiscriminately to them. In its full summer or 
breeding dress, it appears to be a rare bird in Eng- 
land, a few specimens only being recorded by Mr. 
Yarrell as lately occuring; and it has probably 
diminished to a partial extent, as the drainage of the 
fenny countries has advanced. In Scotland we are 
not aware of any breeding locality. In its winter 
dress, on the contrary, it is not uncommon in Eng- 
land, and we may say that in Scotland it is in this 
state the most abundant, next to the Little Grebe, 
and ranges from the Tweed to Shetland. Speci- 
