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272. PODICEPS RUBRICOLLIS. RED-NECKED GREBE. 



Male about eighteen inches long, with the bill an inch and 

 two- thirds, rather stout, compressed, black, with the base yel- 

 low, a short transverse occipital crest, with two more elongated 

 tufts, and a slight ruff on the cheeks and fore-neck ; the upper 

 parts greyish-black, the lower silvery white, the ruff light grey 

 edged with white, the fore part and sides of the neck rich 

 brownish-red, the sides of the body streaked with dusky ; se- 

 veral of the outer secondary quills white. Female smaller, 

 similar to the male, but with the tufts and ruff shorter. Young 

 without crest or ruff, dusky grey above, silvery white beneath j 

 the cheeks greyish-white, the fore-neck brownish-grey. ] 



Male, 18, 30, 7, 1&, 2 T V, 2i\, &. ^ Female, 17, 28. 



The Red-necked Grebe, which is said to be abundant in the 

 eastern parts of Europe, does not breed in Britain, although, 

 in winter, it appears to be not more rare there than the Crested 

 Grebe. I have procured it, as well as all our other species, 

 from the Frith of Forth, and it has been found in Northum- 

 berland, Devonshire, and various other parts of England. It 

 is not uncommon in America. The nest is said to be bulky, 

 the eggs greenish-white, two inches in length, and an inch 

 and a quarter in breadth. 



Grey-cheeked Grebe. 



Colymbus rubricollis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 592. Podiceps 

 rubricollis, Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 783. Podiceps rubricollis, 

 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. ii. 720. Podiceps rubricollis, Red- 

 necked Grebe, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, v. 



273. PODICEPS CORNUTUS. SCLAVONIAN GREBE. 



Male about fourteen inches long ; with the bill much shorter 

 than the head, nearly an inch in length, rather stout, com- 

 pressed, black with the tips yellow ; two large light-red oc- 

 cipital tufts, and an ample black ruff; the upper parts grey- 

 ish-black, the lower silvery-white, with the fore part of the 

 neck and the sides of the body red. Female similar, but 

 somewhat smaller. Young with the bill greyish-blue, its 

 base and tip yellow ; slight occipital tufts, but no ruff ; the 

 upper parts greyish-black, the lower silvery- white, with the 

 sides dusky; the cheeks and throat white, part of the fore- 

 neck light-grey. It is but slightly larger than the next spe- 

 cies, from which, however, it is easily distinguished by the 

 different form of its bill. 



Male, 14, 24, 5|, H, If, 1 T V, T V Female, 13, 23. 



Abundant in the northern and temperate parts of both 

 continents, it breeds in the colder regions, 'forming a large 



