124 PODICIPEDID^. 



PYGOPODES. PODICIPEDID.E. 



PoDiCEPS GRisEiGENA (Bodclaert*). 

 THE RED-NECKED GREBE. 



Podlceps rahricolUs. 



The Red-necked Grebe is not found in this countiy so 

 frequently as the Grebe last described ; and it is mostly a 

 winter visitor, young birds of the year being of much more 

 frequent occurrence than the adults. It is intermediate in size 

 between the Great Crested Grebe, and the Horned or Sclavo- 

 uian Grebe, and differs from the other species found in this 

 country in having a much longer and stronger bill in propor- 

 tion to the bulk of the bird, and the base of the bill is mostly 

 yellow ; it is also considered to be more marine in its habits. 

 Like the other Grebes it is an expert diver, and very difficult 

 to obtain when at sea, or in other extensive waters where there 

 is ample space for the exercise of its powers. Its occurrence 

 on our shores is irregular, and, as a rule, in severe winters ; 

 but Mr. Cordeaux informs the Editor that since he wrote 

 his 'Birds of the Humbor District,' he has found this 

 species more common there in the autumn and winter than 

 the Great Crested Grebe. In February, 1865, Mr. Stevenson 



* Colymhus (jriieyeaa, Boddaert, Table des PI. Enl. p. 55 (1783). 



