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PODICEPS RUBICOLLIS— LATHAM. 



RED-NECKED GREBE. 



Podiceps rubricollis, Bonap. Syn. 



Podiceps rubricollis. 



Red-necked Grebe, Sw. & Rich. 



Red-necked Grebe, Nuttall. 



Red-necked Grebe, Podiceps rubricollis, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill black, toward the point white, from the 

 frontlet feathers to the end, two inches and one-sixteenth, length of 

 tarsi, two and a half. 



Adult male with the bill at the base yellow — at the end black ; a 

 white line from the bill to the eye ; hind part of the head tufted ; 

 upper part of the head black ; cheeks and throat grayish-white ; fore 

 part and sides of the neck brownish-red ; lower parts silvery white ; 

 upper parts dusky ; outer secondaries Avhite ; tarsi and toes green- 

 ish-black on the outer sides — inner sides yellow. Young, in win- 

 ter, with the bill yellow — its ridge dusky ; upper parts blackish- 

 gray; lower parts grayish-white. 



This, like the former species, dwells amid the dreary regions of 

 the North, and only visits the United States during winter. It is 

 generally observed along the sea-coast, and occasionally extends its 

 migrations as far as Long Island. Those procured in this vicinity 

 are nearly all young birds — the adult being a great rarity. 



