﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  93 
  

  

  Length 
  19-22.25 
  inches; 
  extent 
  32-36; 
  wmg 
  7.6-8.12; 
  bill 
  1.9-2. 
  12; 
  

   hight 
  of 
  bill 
  at 
  nostrils 
  .55-. 
  58; 
  tarsus 
  2.5-2.57 
  ; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  2.85-3. 
  

   The 
  maximum 
  dimensions 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  killed 
  on 
  the 
  ice 
  

   on 
  Irondequoit 
  ba}^ 
  Monroe 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  February 
  22, 
  1904, 
  which 
  is 
  

   now 
  in 
  the 
  author's 
  collection. 
  

  

  Field 
  marks. 
  The 
  large 
  size 
  of 
  this 
  grebe 
  will 
  distinguish 
  it 
  at 
  once 
  

   from 
  our 
  other 
  species 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  summer 
  dress 
  the 
  white 
  sides 
  of 
  its 
  head 
  con- 
  

   trasted 
  with 
  the 
  glossy 
  black 
  crown 
  are 
  very 
  conspicuous 
  at 
  shotgun 
  range, 
  

   and 
  much 
  farther 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  glass. 
  Its 
  colors 
  in 
  winter 
  bear 
  a 
  general 
  

   resemblance 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Horned 
  grebe, 
  but 
  the 
  cheeks 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  shining 
  

   white 
  as 
  in 
  that 
  species. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  The 
  Holboell 
  grebe 
  is 
  a 
  fairl}^ 
  common 
  transient 
  and 
  

   winter 
  visitant 
  on 
  the 
  coastal 
  and 
  larger 
  inland 
  waters 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  

   In 
  the 
  interior 
  counties 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  mostly 
  when 
  driven 
  by 
  winter 
  

   storms 
  or 
  the 
  freezing 
  of 
  northern 
  lakes 
  to 
  alight 
  in 
  snow 
  banks 
  or 
  small 
  

   creeks 
  and 
  is 
  then 
  quite 
  helpless 
  and 
  can 
  often 
  be 
  caught 
  with 
  the 
  hands, 
  or 
  

   killed 
  with 
  a 
  stick. 
  During 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1903-4 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  grebes 
  were 
  

   taken 
  in 
  this 
  manner. 
  A 
  large 
  flight 
  was 
  stranded 
  near 
  Utica 
  and 
  Clinton 
  and 
  

   many 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  killed. 
  Every 
  spring 
  and 
  fall 
  several 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  are 
  

   seen 
  on 
  Lakes 
  Ontario 
  and 
  Canandaigua 
  by 
  the 
  writer, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  reported 
  

   as 
  not 
  uncommon 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  larger 
  lakes 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  excepting 
  those 
  of 
  

   the 
  Adirondack 
  region, 
  and 
  are 
  regular 
  winter 
  visitants 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  

   Long 
  Island. 
  Sometimes 
  they 
  alight 
  on 
  the 
  smaller 
  ponds. 
  Mr 
  Embody 
  

   reports 
  one 
  from 
  Woodman's 
  pond, 
  Madison 
  county, 
  taken 
  in 
  April 
  1900, 
  

   and 
  another 
  taken 
  October 
  25, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  year. 
  One 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  

   late 
  David 
  Scott 
  of 
  Springville, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  on 
  Griffith's 
  pond, 
  Erie 
  county, 
  

   in 
  November 
  1892. 
  

  

  Migrations. 
  In 
  the 
  autumn 
  this 
  bird 
  arrives 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  about 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  October 
  and 
  is 
  sometimes 
  seen 
  in 
  winter 
  wherever 
  there 
  is 
  open 
  

   water, 
  but 
  is 
  more 
  common 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  April, 
  

   when 
  those 
  birds 
  which 
  pass 
  farther 
  south 
  return 
  on 
  their 
  northward 
  journey, 
  

   leaving 
  us 
  by 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  May 
  for 
  their 
  breeding 
  grounds 
  in 
  the 
  far 
  north 
  

   and 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  British 
  America. 
  There 
  is 
  one 
  very 
  early 
  fall 
  record, 
  a 
  

  

  