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THE DIVING BIRDS - PYGOI'ODES. 



Colymbus Holbcellii. 



THE AMERICAN RED-NECKED OREBE. 



Podiceps rubricnlUs, "Lath.'" Udxap. Synoi). 1828, 41". — Sw. k Kicii. F. R. A. II. 1831, 411.— 



Xi-TT. Man. II. 1S:U, '2.'.3. — Arn. Oni. Biog. HI. 1835, 017, pi. 2!t8 ; Syiiop. 183,'), 357 ; 



B. Am. VII. 1844, 312, j.I. 4S0. 

 Podiceps rnbricollis major, Tkmm. & Sciii.F.o. Kauii. Jap. 1849, pi. 78, B (not Colymbus major, 



BoDD. 1783). 

 Podiceps grmkjena, " BoDD." Lawk, in BairJ's B. N. Am. 1858, 892. — Baiud, Cat. N. .^.iii. B. 



1859, no. 702. 

 Podiceps Jlolba-l/ii, ItKiNii. Vi.l. Mcdili'l. 1853, 7t! ; Hiis, 18(il, 14 ((!rei>nlan.l). — CouEs, Pr. Ac, Nat. 



Sd. riiik.l. 18H2, 231. — 1'mm:\v. Nnm. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 731. 

 Podiceps ffri.iciyena, var. HiilboUi, CouK.s, Key, 1872, 337 ; Check List, 1873, no. CIO; Binls N. W. 



1874, 730. 

 PoiUcipes griseiijem IloUmlU, CorKs, 2(1 Check List, 1882, no. 847. 

 Pix/iceps C'oojKri, Lawi;. in ISainl's B. X. Am. 1858, 893 (in text ; winter ntlult). 

 Podiceps siibcri.iltitKs, Kirri,. Dcnkw. II. 1858, 313 (notof Jacu. 1784). 

 Podiceps affinis, SAI.VAnoui, Atti Soc. Ital. VIII. 18GG, 45. 

 PmUceps citcullatus, Tacz. J. f. O. 1874, 336 (not of Pai.i,. 182(5). 



IIab. North Americii in general, including Greenlaiul ; breeding far north, migrating south, 

 in winter, (luite acros.s the United States. Eastern Siberia, and south to Japan. 



Sp. Char. Adiill, breed iuy-plnnmije: Pileuni (including lores and depressed occipital tuft) and 

 nape glos.sy dull black ; rest of the head light lUsh-gray, bordered above and below by whitish, 



this most distinct along the upper bor- 

 der, from the eyes back ; neck (except 

 najie) rich rufous, abruptly defined above 

 against the ashy of the throat, but below 

 gradually merging into the whitish of the 

 breast. Upper parts blackish dusky, the 

 feathers sometimes with paler margins ; 

 secondaries chielly white. Lower parts 

 grayish whiti?, faintly spotted, except on 

 the abdomen, with dusky grayish ; sides 

 and flanks nearly uniform grayish. "Hill 

 brownish black, bright yellow at the base ; 

 iris carmine ; tarsi and toes greenish black 

 externally, yeUow on the inner side, the 

 edges of the lobes dusky" (Audihon). 

 Winter i^lmnmje : Pileum dusky, the occi- 

 put without elongated feathei-s ; neck 

 s!noky grayish brown, lighter in front, 

 dusky on the nnpe; chin, throat, and malar region whitish. Otherwise as in the summer plu- 

 mage. Yonng : Pileum and sides of the head dusky, marked with several white stripes — otic 

 originating at the sides of the forehead, and passing over and behind the eye, another extending 

 from the eye backwanl over the auriculars, ami another dividing the cheeks; a short whitish 

 stripe on each side of the upper part of the nape ; fore part and sides of the neck ligiit ferruginous. 

 Otherwise as in the adult. 



Total length, about 18.00 to l!).f)0 inches ; extent, about 32.00 ; wing, 7.30-8.10 (average, 

 T.tir)) ; culmen, 1.05-2.40 (2.02) ; tlepth of bill at base, .52-.«0 (.57) ; tarsus, 2.25-2.(>0 (2,5:5) ; 

 outer toe, 2.50-3.05 (2.7(>). (Seventeen specimens.) 



The American Rtnl-necked Grebe is a counterpart of the European C. griscgena^ in plumage, 



Summer adtUt, 



' See i>. 426, footnote. 



