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NEW-YORK FAUNA-BIRDS. 
THE RED-NECKED GREBE. 
PODICEPS RUBRICOLLIS. 
PLATE CXLI. FIG. 307. 
(STATE COLLECTION. Cabinet of the Lyceum.) 
Colymbus rubricollis et subcristatus , Gmelin. , 
Podiceps id. Latham, Ind. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 783. Id. Gen. Hist. Vol. 10, p. 27, pi. 166. Bonaparte, Ann. Lyc. 
N. Y. p. 417. Richardson, F. B. A. Vol. 2, p. 411. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 253. 
Audubon, B. of Am. Vol. 7, p. 312, pi. 480. Giraud, Birds of Long island, p. 384. 
Characteristics. Crested. Bill short; neck reddish beneath ; front black. Adult: Cheeks 
and throat ash ; crown and neck behind black : no ruff. Young, dull 
colored and spotted : cheeks and throat white ; the former spotted with 
dusky. Length, 18'5. 
Description. Bill stout, tapering from the base, 2'0 long and 0‘6 high: a series of 
short parallel oblique ridges in the furrow anterior to the nostrils. Tufts on each side of the 
occiput disposed in a curved line, truncated behind, and composed of loosely webbed feathers. 
Tarsus much compressed, carinate on both edges, and 2'3 long. 
Color. Bill black, yellow at base: feet yellow. Front, crown, crest and line down the 
back of the neck black tinged with green. Back and parts above brownish black. Cheeks, 
chin and throat ash-grey passing into white, spotted with brown under the eye. A bright 
chesnut-colored spot on each side of the neck, and in the full plumage this is dilated over the 
whole neck and breast. Secondaries white along their centres. The specimen (fig 307), 
shot September 28, in the neighborhood of the city, is in a state of plumage I have no where 
seen described. It was a male. Chin white, passing into light ash-grey_on the sides of the 
face and throat. Frontlet, crown and middle of the neck brown, with the slightest tinge of 
rufous. Above deep blackish brown ; the feathers margined with greyish. Secondaries 
white; shafts black, tipped gradually with more black. Sides of the rump black, striate 
with white; beneath soiled greenish glossy white. 
Length, 17'0—18'0. 
The Red-necked Grebe is a northern species which occurs rarely on the coast of this State 
in winter, and has scarcely been seen farther south. Dr. Kirlland has observed them in Ohio. 
It is a rare species. Its food and habits resemble those of the preceding. It ranges from 
40° to G8° north. Common to Europe and America. 
{EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 
P. auritus, Lath. (Nutt. Yol. 2, p. 256 ) Crested. Black : secondaries white; inner quills white 
on the inner vanes; neck and breast black; crest and ruff very short, black: a long slender tuft of 
reddish feathers behind and beneath each eye. Young, white beneath. Length, 12 - 0. 
