GRE\T CRESTED GREBE. 
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procured by Colonel Feildcn in the Yarmouth market on the 
2nd of November, there arc signs of rufous and black on the 
sides of the neck, but whether these are remains of the last 
breeding-plumage, or the commencement of the next one, is 
difficult to determine. I believe them to be the last remains 
of the breeding-dress. 
Young in First Winter.— Resemble the winter plumage of the 
adults, but have broad white and black streaks on the sides of 
the head, one black line along the ear co\'erts and another 
below the eye being especially distinct. Seebohm says that 
these stripes on the head are moulted during the first autumn, 
when the bird resembles the winter plumage of the adult, but 
a specimen in the Hume collection, procured near Delhi on 
the 14th of January, not only shows these stripes very 
distinctly, but is also commencing to don the red tippet. The 
ornamental plumes worn by the young birds during their first 
spring are neither so large nor so bright as in old individuals. 
Young. — Brown ; the head, neck, and under-surface of the 
body white, with longitudinal black stripes on the upper parts 
and on the breast, two transverse stripes across the bill, and a 
grey patch on the sides of the head. 
Characters.— The peculiar red tippet and white face, as well 
as the red bill, distinguish this species in summer plumage, as 
well as the larger size. L. griseigena, which might be con- 
founded with it in winter plumage, is recognised by the want 
of the white eye- stripe. 
Range In Great Britain. — The Great Crested Grebe breeds in 
some of the open meres of England, such as the Norfolk 
Broads, and certain lakes in Leicestershire, Yorkshire, Shrop- 
shire, Cheshire, Lancashire, and Breconshire. Its most 
northerly breeding range in Great Britain appears to be in the 
neighbourhood of the Clyde, where Mr. Robert Read has 
discovered its nest. In winter it is shot on most of our 
coasts. Mr. R. J. Ussher states that in Ireland it “breeds on 
lakes, large and small, in Antrim, Down, Armagh, Monaghan, 
Fermanagh, Longford, Westmeath, King’s and Queen’s 
Counties, Clare, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo, and Leitrim. 
Several pairs inhabit some of the larger lakes.” 
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