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character of the lakes where the Red-necked Grebe 

 was seen is precisely similar to that of the broads in 

 Norfolk or the meers in Holland. * Mr. Temminck 

 has received it from Japan. Mr. Audubon found 

 this species along the coast from New York to 

 Maine, in winter, and on the Bay of Fundy it was 

 met with in spring plumage in May. 



A specimen procured for me by Mr. Selby on the 

 Northumbrian coast, late in autumn, has the crown 

 and back of the neck blackish brown, the cheeks, 

 chin, and throat, white, the former clouded with 

 blackish grey ; the sides of the neck sienna-red, the 

 upper parts blackish brown, feathers tipped with 

 greyish brown ; the wings of the same colour, ex- 

 cept the bend at their junction with the body and 

 the greater part of the secondaries, w T hich are white ; 

 one or two of the first of the latter, or those nearest 

 the outside of the wing, have the tips only white, 

 the extent of that colour increasing towards the 

 last. The fore part.of the lower neck, sides of the 

 breast, and flanks, are pale brownish grey ; the 

 centre of the breast, the belly, and vent, pure silky 

 white. The bill of this bird is proportionally 

 stronger than in the other British species. 



* Mr. Dann. quoted from YaxrelL 



