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RED-NECKED GREBE. 



Cotymbus rubricollis, 



" subcriatatus, GMELIN. 



Podiceps rubricollis, LATHAM. 



Colymbus A Diver. Rubricollis. Ruber Red. Collis The neck. 



THE Red-necked Grebe is common in Sweden and Denmark, 

 Holland, France, Switzerland, and Italy; as also in Germany, 

 and the eastern countries of Europe. In Asia, it appears to 

 be found in Japan and Persia. 



In North America it was noticed by the lamented Sir John 

 Franklin, during his expedition in 1822; and Audubon relates 

 that it occurs in the Bay of Fundy, and in different parts 

 of the United States. 



It is for the most part a sea bird, but occurs also fre- 

 quently on lakes, ponds, and rivers, and in these latter it 

 nidificates, as mentioned hereafter. 



In Yorkshire one was obtained in full plumage, in 

 September, 1852, off Bridlington Quay, by Mr. H. C. Weaver, 

 of Newark, who records another killed on the banks of the 

 Trent, about two miles above Newark, Nottinghamshire. 

 Another was obtained on the Trent between Burton and 

 Stapenhill, in April,- 1849. In Devonshire, five specimens 

 occurred at Slapton Ley, early in ' the year 1809. In the 

 same county a fine one was killed near Barnstaple, in February, 

 1850. And one at Teignmouth in January. I have a speci- 

 men in my collection which, many years ago, 'once upon a 

 time' I am sorry to say, was shot off the coast of the adjoining 

 county of Dorest, near the village of Charmouth. It is not 

 an uncommon species along the Northumbrian coast, by the 

 Fern Islands, and other parts; also on that of Durham. 

 In Gloucestershire one, also a young bird, near Bibury, in 

 January,, 1850* -In Surrey, near Godalming. 



In Norfolk three .were shot at Yarmouth, in January, 



