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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  specimen 
  taken 
  at 
  Niagara 
  Falls, 
  September 
  20, 
  1903 
  [see 
  Blaine, 
  Auk, 
  

   21 
  : 
  276]. 
  Numerous 
  records 
  from 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  occur 
  from 
  October 
  

   20 
  to 
  April 
  2 
  1 
  . 
  The 
  latest 
  in 
  my 
  notebook 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  specimen 
  seen 
  off 
  Charlotte 
  

   on 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  May 
  30, 
  1Q04. 
  

  

  Haunts 
  and 
  habits. 
  The 
  Holboell 
  grebe 
  is 
  even 
  more 
  a 
  bird 
  of 
  the 
  open 
  

   water 
  than 
  the 
  Horned 
  grebe 
  and 
  is 
  rarely 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  shallows 
  and 
  weedy 
  

   sloughs. 
  It 
  swims 
  and 
  dives 
  with 
  great 
  power 
  when 
  pursued 
  and 
  rises 
  from 
  

   the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  flopping 
  of 
  its 
  feet 
  as 
  the 
  other 
  

   grebes, 
  but 
  more 
  often 
  makes 
  a 
  long 
  flight 
  when 
  once 
  under 
  way. 
  Late 
  

   in 
  the 
  spring 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  on 
  our 
  waters 
  in 
  its 
  breeding 
  plumage, 
  and 
  is 
  

   then 
  a 
  bird 
  of 
  striking 
  appearance 
  [see 
  pi. 
  i]. 
  

  

  Colymbus 
  auritus 
  Linnaeus 
  

   Horned 
  Grebe 
  

  

  Plate 
  I 
  

  

  Colymbus 
  auritus 
  Linnaeus. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  Ed. 
  10. 
  1758. 
  1:135 
  

   Podiceps 
  cornutus 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  274, 
  fig. 
  305 
  

   Colymbus 
  auritus 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  3 
  

  

  Description. 
  Breeding 
  plumage: 
  Crests 
  and 
  ruff 
  conspicuous. 
  Crown, 
  

   chin 
  and 
  ruff 
  glossy 
  greenish 
  black 
  ; 
  lores 
  chestnut 
  ; 
  crests 
  and 
  stripe 
  over 
  eyes 
  

   huffy, 
  or 
  brownish 
  yellow; 
  upper 
  parts 
  blackish; 
  secondaries 
  white; 
  neck, 
  

   except 
  the 
  black 
  stripe 
  along 
  the 
  back 
  line, 
  upper 
  breast 
  and 
  sides 
  chestnut 
  

   red; 
  lower 
  breast 
  and 
  belly 
  shining 
  white; 
  bill 
  black, 
  with 
  yellow 
  tip; 
  iris 
  

   carmine, 
  with 
  inner 
  white 
  ring 
  of 
  beading; 
  feet 
  dusky 
  yellowish 
  on 
  the 
  inside. 
  

   Winter 
  and 
  immature: 
  Crests 
  and 
  ruff 
  consist 
  of 
  only 
  slightly 
  lengthened 
  

   feathers 
  ; 
  upper 
  parts 
  grayish 
  black, 
  darkest 
  on 
  the 
  crown 
  and 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  

   neck 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  under 
  parts 
  silky 
  white, 
  washed 
  on 
  the 
  f 
  oreneck, 
  

   sides 
  and 
  lower 
  belly 
  with 
  ashy 
  gray. 
  

  

  Length 
  13. 
  5-15 
  inches; 
  extent 
  23-25.5; 
  wing 
  5.6; 
  culmen 
  .9; 
  hight 
  of 
  

   bill 
  at 
  nostril 
  .3; 
  tarsus 
  1.75; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  2.1. 
  

  

  Field 
  marks. 
  The 
  Horned 
  grebe 
  may 
  be 
  distinguished 
  at 
  once 
  from 
  

  

  the 
  Holboell 
  grebe 
  by 
  its 
  smaller 
  size, 
  and, 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  dress, 
  from 
  both 
  

  

  our 
  other 
  grebes 
  by 
  its 
  conspicuous 
  buffy 
  crests. 
  In 
  winter 
  dress 
  its 
  shinmg 
  

  

  white 
  cheeks 
  and 
  slim 
  pointed 
  bill 
  are 
  good 
  marks; 
  and 
  when 
  flying 
  also 
  

  

  the 
  large 
  square 
  patch 
  in 
  each 
  wing 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  secondaries. 
  

  

  