3Q2 PODICIPEDID^E I GREBES. 



even in Massachusetts, according to Allen. It is not 

 known to breed with us, but the same authority speaks 

 of a specimen in full breeding plumage taken the third 

 week in May in Springfield, Mass. ; and Brewer marks 

 the bird as a summer resident in northern New England. 

 Merriam speaks of several Connecticut cases, and the 

 bird is to be regarded as a regular visitant, far from rare, 

 though less numerous than our two smaller representa- 

 tives of the family. 



HORNED GREBE. 

 PODICIPES CORNUTUS (Gm.) Lath. 



Chars. Tarsus about equal to the middle toe without its claw; 

 bill much shorter than head, little more than half the tarsus, 

 compressed, higher than wide at the nostrils, rather obtuse ; 

 crests and ruffs highly developed. Small : length about 14.00 ; 

 extent, 24,00; wing, 6.00 or less ; bill about 0.75 ; tarsus, 1.75. 

 Adult : above, dark brown, the feathers paler-edged ; below, 

 silvery-white, the sides mixed dusky and reddish ; most of the 

 secondaries white ; fore neck and upper breast, brownish-red ; 

 head glossy black, including the ruff; a broad band over the eye, 

 to and including the occipital crests, brownish-yellow ; bill black, 

 yellow-tipped. The young differ as in other species, but are 

 always recognizable by the above measurements and proportions 

 of parts. 



Chiefly a migrant and winter resident, both along the 

 coast and in the interior, arriving in September and 

 October, and remaining until May sometimes even 

 through that month. It is given by Brewer as a sum- 

 mer resident in Northern New England, and we have 

 no doubt that this species and the Red-necked Grebe 

 both breed in Maine, although we have no authentic 

 cases of the kind to record. 



