742 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



The extraordinary superabundance of this species was, in all 

 probability, to be accounted for by the intensely cold weather, 

 then prevailing, having frozen up their continental haunts, 

 thus driving them to our shores ; still it is difficult to under- 

 stand why, in other years of equal severity, it has not been 

 noticed in like quantities. In the year 1893 it was again 

 numerous off Flamborough ; and in February 1895 several 

 occurred off Redcar and the Teesmouth, though not in such 

 numbers as in 1891. 



The examples which have been procured are generally in 

 the winter or immature stage, but, on rare occasions it has 

 been reported in adult summer dress ; one was noted at 

 Bridlington in September 1852 ; another at Flamborough in 

 the same month in 1875 ; and one at Scarborough on 19th 

 October 1899. 



The Red-necked Grebe has been observed on inland 

 waters in many parts of the county ; it is mentioned in 

 Hatfield's " Historical Notices of Doncaster " (1866), as 

 occurring on the Carrs ; also in Fothergill's Wensleydale 

 list of 1823, and Barker's " Wensleydale " (1854). On various 

 open sheets of water in the West Riding it has been obtained ; 

 it was mentioned by Allis in his Report ; at Acaster and 

 York it was noted in 1850 ; at Newmiller Dam in 1858, and 

 at Kirkthorpe in i860 ; one was killed near Danby in 1870 ; 

 an example was captured in a farmyard at Owldray, near 

 Helmsley, in 1880 ; and another in a stackyard at Skeffling 

 in November 1895 ; near Beverley one was shot on a flooded 

 field in 1872, and in 1891 one was killed at Waghen. The 

 York Museum contains several specimens which have been 

 taken in the county, one being an immature bird picked 

 up dead near the city. 



This species is occasionally immolated by flying against 

 the telegraph wires, one such instance being recorded at 

 Horsforth in 1865, and a second at Scarborough in January 

 1891. 



The only local name of which I am cognizant is Greve, 

 used at Redcar. 



