. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. PODICIPEDID/E. 721. THE SLAVONIAN OR HORNED GREBE. PoDiciPKs AURfTus (Linnseus). The Slavonian Grebe is a northern species, and its occurrence on the southern and western shores of England seems to be irregular even in winter, although the bird is an annual visitor in small numbers to the coast of Wales; but on the east side it is frequently met with from autumn to spring, especially in Norfolk and at the mouth of the Humber, as well as further to the northward. In Scot- land it is generally distributed on both coasts, and in the Hebrides, Orkne
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. PODICIPEDID/E. 721. THE SLAVONIAN OR HORNED GREBE. PoDiciPKs AURfTus (Linnseus). The Slavonian Grebe is a northern species, and its occurrence on the southern and western shores of England seems to be irregular even in winter, although the bird is an annual visitor in small numbers to the coast of Wales; but on the east side it is frequently met with from autumn to spring, especially in Norfolk and at the mouth of the Humber, as well as further to the northward. In Scot- land it is generally distributed on both coasts, and in the Hebrides, Orkneys and Shetlands it is even common; but a statement that it nested on some fresh-water lochs near Gairloch in Ross-shire was the result of erroneous identification {cf. Ann. Scot. N. H., i. p. 171). This Grebe is a regular, though not an abundant, visitor to Ireland in autumn and winter, especially to certain bays in the north and west, and adults have been obtained on the spring-migration. It is only on migration that this species is found in the Faeroes, but it breeds regularly in Iceland, Scandinavia and Russia, and sparsely in Denmark ; while in the colder months it is known throughout the rest of Europe, down to the Mediterranean, where, however, it is rare. In Asia, it ranges across Siberia to Japan, and about as far south as lat. 24° N. during the cold season; in America, it is common 3 K. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
Size: 1729px × 1445px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorsaun, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectbirds
