EARED GREBE. GREAT CRESTED GREBE. 
Podiceps aunties. Podiceps cristdtus . 
The Great Crested Grebe is found throughout the year in several parts of 
England, preferring the lakes and the fenny districts. Like the divers, the 
Grebes are very bad walkers, but wonderfully active in the water, and tolerably 
good fliers. They seldom attempt to walk, and when sitting they bend their 
legs under them, and assume a very upright attitude. 
The Eared Grebe is the rarest of the British species, and derives its name 
from a tuft of rich golden feathers which arise behind the eye of the adult bird. 
It is not nearly so large as the preceding species, being only one foot in length, 
and it may be distinguished from the young crested Grebe by the slight upward 
curve of the bill, and the absence of rusty red feathers between the eye and bass 
of the beak. 
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