SCLAV ONI AN GREBE. 207 
mens occur during the whole winter in the Edin- 
burgh markets, and we have frequently shot it in 
the river Annan during winter; it never attempted 
to fly, but was not nearly so watchful as the Little 
Grebe, diving but coming up again in sight, and 
allowing itself to be approached within shot • The 
Little Grebe, on diving, immediately seeks some 
cover, and is not again seen. In Central Europe it 
is also chiefly a winter visitant, but breeds in Swe- 
den, * and Mr. Proctor found it in Iceland ; Mr. 
Selby states that it is found in Northern Asia ; in 
North America it is generally distributed, the greater 
numbers going far northward to breed ; it migrates 
in flocks of as many as thirty together, t 
The bill is shorter than the head and bends slightly 
but regularly to the tip ; “ forehead, crown, and large 
ruff encircling the neck, glossy greenish black ; be- 
tween the bill and eyes is a patch of reddish brown ; 
streak behind the eyes, and tho occipital tuft (or 
horns), buff-orange ; hind part of the neck, back, 
scapulars, and wings, blackish grey, the feathers 
having paler margins ; secondaries white ; fore part 
and sides of the neck, and sides of the breast, rich 
reddish orange ; the rest of the under plumage 
shining silky white; the outside of the tarsus is 
deep grey, and the inside pale yellowish grey.”J 
In the plumage of the Dusky Grebe, the speci- 
mens shot in the Annan, before alluded to, have the 
upper plumage greyish brown, darker on the scapu- 
* Nilsson. + Audubon. t Selby 
