PODIClPEDIDiE. 



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THE RED-NECKED GREBE. 



PoDiciPES GRiSEiGENA (Boddaert). 



The Red-necked Grebe is tolerably common in suitable localities 

 along the eastern coast of Great Britain from autumn to spring, and 

 sometimes a great influx is observed, as in 1865 and again in 1897 

 in Norfolk, in January 1891 in Yorkshire, and on the coast of East 

 Lothian in the early part of 1895. In the Channel this species is of 

 irregular occurrence until Cornwall is reached, where, according to 

 Rodd, it is not infrequent. Turning northwards, it is decidedly rare 

 along the coast of Wales and on the west side of England and 

 Scotland, while it is as yet unrecorded from the Outer Hebrides ; 

 it has, however, been taken in the Orkneys and the Shetlands. 

 In Ireland only five or six birds have been recognised, at long 

 intervals, on the eastern and southern coasts. Examples in 

 breeding-plumage are sometimes obtained in our islands. 



This Grebe is resident in the southern districts of Norway, and 

 breeds on some of the waters of Denmark, Northern Germany and 

 Holland, whence it migrates in autumn to our eastern shores. It is 

 also plentiful throughout the Baltic, and as far north as the reedy 

 lakes at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia ; while in Russia it is 

 found nesting from Archangel to the Black and Caspian Seas. 

 Over the rest of Europe it is chiefly known as a migrant, passing 

 along the Rhone valley, as well as by the Swiss lakes, to the 

 Mediterranean ; it also visits North Africa, and in Morocco 

 Col. Irby has seen birds so young that they must have been reared 



