RED-NECKED GREBE. 253 



the neck of a deep dusky-brown. — Le Grebe Jiupp6, ct le Grebe, 

 Buff. Ois. viii. pp. 233, et 227. PI. Enlum. 944, and 941. [the 

 young of different ages.] Tippet Grebe, Lath. Syn. v. p. 283. [the 

 young of one year old.] 



RED-NECKED GREBE. 



(Podiceps riibricoUis, Lath.. Temm. ii. p. 720. Bonap. Synops. No. 

 3G5. Richard. North. Zool. ii. p. 411. Cohjmbiis ruhricoUis.etsub- 

 cristatus, Gmel. Syst. sp. 24. et sp. 18. Le Grebe a joues grises, 

 ou Le Jou-Gris, Buff. Ois. viii. p. 241. PL Enlum. 931. Red- 

 Necked Grebe, Lath. Suppl. i. p. 2G1. t. 118.) 



Sp. Charact. — Bill as long as the head, black, yellow at the base, 

 from the front to the tip 1^ inches; neck beneath reddish ; front 

 black ; secondaries white. — Jldult, with the cheeks and throat ash 

 color : neck and beneath rufous ; crown and nape with a narrow- 

 ish black space ; a short occipital black crest, but no ruff. Young 

 much duller colored and spotted; no occipital crest; cheeks and 

 throat white, the former striped with black. 



The Red-Necked Grebe, like most of the other species, 

 retires to the hyperboreal regions of both continents to pass 

 the breeding season, delighting in the seclusion of the deso- 

 late wilderness, penetrating in the present continent, as far 

 as the remote inland shores of Great Slave Lake, where they 

 were observed by Captain Franklin's adventurous party, in 

 the month of May. In the course of the winter, they pro- 

 ceed to the south, probably as far as Florida, but are rarely 

 seen in the United States. At this season they frequent 

 lakes, and the estuaries or rivers in the vicinity of the sea ; 

 but at other times are seen more abundantly on fresh waters. 

 They are common in the eastern parts of Europe, and fre- 

 quently visit Great Britain, Germany, and Switzerland. 

 Their food, as usual, is small fish, fry, reptiles, coleopterous 

 insects and vegetables. The nest is similar to that of the 

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