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EARED GREBE. 
lars and tertials ; the secondaries white ; the cheeks, 
throat, and neck, white, inclining to grey on the 
latter ; the remaining under parts of the brightest 
and most unsullied silky white. 
The Eared Grebe, Podiceps aurttus. — Colum- 
bus auritus, Linn . — Grebe oreillard , Temm. — Eared 
Grebe , or Dab-chick of British authors. — Dusky 
Grebe ? ( the young) We cannot describe this bird 
from observation, and in any state we consider 
it as the r.lrest of the British species. Its habits, 
which we presume may be somewhat similar to the 
birds already notiecd, have not been recorded by 
any one who has seen it in a wild state, and the 
the proper breeding localities have been scarcely 
ascertained. A few instances of its capture in vari- 
ous English counties are mentioned, Mr. Selby 
stating that he has frequently met with it in North- 
umberland during winter. In Scotland we have 
never personally found it, hut a few instances have 
also occurred where specimens have been procured ; 
none of these were far north, and it is not mentioned 
by any of the ornithologists who have more lately 
visited Orkney or Shetland. On the Continent 
it seems to be equally unfrequent ; it breeds hut 
rarely in the north, and it is probable that its range 
may he more towards Eastern or North-eastern 
Europe and Asia. Temminck, in his supplement, 
says that it is rather common in the Adriatic. 
