122 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



they are not so numerous then. They reappear in 

 the spring, and stay about the harbours sometimes 

 late enough to assume the full breeding plumage. 

 Two were seen in Poole harbour in March 1873, in 

 summer plumage with well-developed crests. Not- 

 withstanding their short and narrow wings they can 

 fly well, and often do so to escape from a sailing 

 boat. If allowed to remain unmolested in the 

 spring, it is not unlikely that some would stay to 

 breed with us ; but their appearance is too striking 

 to escape observation. 



RED-NECKED GREBE. Podiceps griseigena, Boddaert. 



Yarrell, iv. p. 124; Dresser, viii. p. 639; Ibis List, p. 203; 

 Podiceps rubricollis, Harting, p. 69 ; Seebohm, iii. p. 459. 



The Red-Necked Grebe occurs only as a winter 

 visitant, and never in such numbers as the last- 

 named. Three were killed in Portland Roads, and 

 one near the Portland Ferry-bridge in October 1850, 

 and a young bird of this species was shot at Wey- 

 mouth, February 13, 1852. Two shot by Mr. Pike 

 in the winter of 1882 had the red colour of the neck 

 well advanced. He states that it is not unfrequently 

 to be met with in the neighbourhood of Poole, and 

 he once shot one in Studland Bay in August which 

 displayed the red throat. In December 1882 one 

 was caught alive on the Wareham river, and another 

 shot in Studland Bay. 



